When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back - Confederate Railroad [Intro] [D] [Verse 1] [D] I remember waking in the morning, to the sound of the rooster's [A] crow Mamma [A] cooking in the kitchen, Arthur Godfrey on the [D] radio Me and [D] Dad were just like strangers, we never did see eye to [A] eye Came to [A] blows one Sunday morning, so I packed my bags and I said good[D]bye [F] [G] [D] |[Chorus] |When you leave that way you can never go [Em] back |[A] A train won't run on a torn up [D] track |Sometimes I wish I'd never [G] roamed, [D] oh [Em] no |[A] 'cause when you leave that way you can never go [D] home [Verse 2] Then I met a girl in [D] Knoxville, oh, we set our wedding [A] day I left her standing at the [A] alter, with a baby on the [D] way [Chorus] [Bridge] [G] Lord I'd love to [A] see my mom and [D] daddy And [G] what I'd give to [A] hold that boy of [Bm] mine I'd [G] get down on my [A] knees and say I'm [D] sorry If [E] I could only go back one more [A] time [D] [Verse 3] But I [D] killed a man in Houston, when he caught me with his [A] wife [A] And I told the preacher man to leave me alone When he [A] came to read my [D] rights, He said son, |[Chorus 2] |When you leave this way you can never come [Em] back |[A] A soul won't roll on a torn up [D] track |All through eternity you'll [G] roam [D] a[Em]lone |[A] 'cause when you leave this way you can never come [D] home [Outro] All through eternity you'll [G] roam [D] a[Em]lone [A] 'cause when you leave this way you can never come [Bm] home