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 goodDbye 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 aEmlone
A 'cause when you leave this way you can never come D home
Outro
All through eternity you'll G roam D aEmlone
A 'cause when you leave this way you can never come Bm home