D Bm C F  (2X)


[Verse 1]
       E             Bm                  A                G
It was just as I was leavin', throw some change up on the bar
    E                         G                      D                  A
She caught my eye through the swingin' door, she was standin' out by my car
           E                        Bm                 A                  G
I said, "I thought you moved to the city girl", "No, I never did find the time"
       E                  G                   D                   A
I been wastin' away at my sister's place just north of the county line

E   Bm   A   G        E   G   D   A


[Pre-Chorus]
       E                    Bm                A                  G
Well I gazed out across the gravel lot to the road that leads to town
E                            G                       D                        A
Thinkin' all the ways that I broke your heart, yeah, thinkin' how it all went down


[Chorus]
                  E                Bm                  D          A           G        D
And I said it's a strange thing to see you now, I been runnin' so long on the same old ground
      E                            Bm                   D         A                G           D
Gonna rattle these chains till the mornin' light, If I ever loved once, you know I never loved right
   E      Bm       D   A   G   D   (2X)
by you


[Verse 2]
      E            Bm                 A                    G
So we go up to the turnpike where the whole world turns to sky
  E                      G                D                     A
I took her hand, but she drew away like a bird gettin' ready to fly
           E                     Bm                  A                    G
She said I ain'€™t so young, and I met someone, he's a rock that just won'€™t roll
      E                     G                       D                   A
And I gotta find out if you only love once, or does love keep comin' to call


[Chorus]
                  E                Bm                  D          A           G        D
And I said it's a strange thing to see you now, I been runnin' so long on the same old ground
      E                            Bm                   D         A                G           D
Gonna rattle these chains till the mornin' light, If I ever loved once, you know I never loved right
   E      Bm       D   A   G   D   (4X)
by you


[Interlude]

D Bm C F  (2X)


[Verse 3]
          E                       Bm                      A                     G
There'€™s a half built house in the potter's field, all the timbers are turned to gray
           E                    G               D                       A
There's an old brown dog livin' on the porch, I seen him just the other day
       E                       Bm                        A         G
Well I laid those planks and I drove those nails, but it never did satisfy
      E                 G                 D                     A
That a man must forfeit all he owns for a glimpse at the reason why


[Chorus]
                  E                Bm                  D          A           G        D
And I said it's a strange thing to see you now, I been runnin' so long on the same old ground
      E                            Bm                   D         A                G           D
Gonna rattle these chains till the mornin' light, If I ever loved once, you know I never loved right
           E                Bm                   D              A            G               D
And it's a strange thing to see you here, If the world has gone by, yeah you better learn to bend
      E                            Bm                   D         A                G           D
Gonna rattle these chains till the mornin' light, If I ever loved once, you know I never loved right
   E      Bm       D   A   G   D   (4X)
by you