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G D Bm D Em
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[Verse 1]
Bm
Back home, a fire they keep
E Bm
Out here the cold wind blows
G D G
I did not want to leave
Bm D
I wonder if she knows
E G
The first word she said, to me was goodbye
Bm D
Bm D
[Verse 2]
Bm
In the west the sky grows darker
E Bm
Back east the sun will rise
G D G
Back home my wife and daughter
Bm D
Don't know where I am tonight
E G
But soon I will find, a road that leads home
Bm D
Bm D
[Chorus 1]
G
A man could die out here, they'd never know
A
No longer will I walk among the ghosts
Bm A
Even though I left so long ago
Bm
I got someone waiting back at home
E
We got married down in Texas, Texas
G
A little daughter of our own
Bm D
Bm D
[Verse 3]
Bm
She doesn't care about
E Bm
The cold wind that carried this song
G D G
All that she knows right now
Bm D
Is that her father's still gone
E G
The first word she learned, to say was to say goodbye
Bm D
Bm D
[Chorus 2]
G
A man could die out here, they'd never know
A
No longer will I walk among the ghosts
Bm A
Even though I left so long ago
Bm
I got someone waiting back at home
E
We got married down in Texas, Texas
G
A little daughter of our own
Bm D
Bm D
[Instrumental]
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G D Bm D Em
Bm D G D Bm
D Bm D Bm
[Chorus 3]
G
A man could die out here, they'd never know
A
No longer will I walk among the ghosts
Bm A
Even though I left so long ago
Bm
I got someone waiting back at home
E
We got married down in Texas, Texas
G
A little daughter of our own
Bm D
Bm D
[Outro]
Bm
Life out here is getting reckless, reckless
A
Better find my way back home
E
We got married down in Texas, Texas
G
Our little girl will soon be grown
Bm
I can't stay, I'm getting restless, restless
A G
You're gonna have to let me go
