Best Randy Travis Songs

21 Best Randy Travis Songs (list with chords & lyrics)

Trying to find the best Randy Travis tracks ever recorded? Awesome! You have landed on the right web page. Here’s our picks for the top Randy Travis songs that you must hear asap.

We’ve listed the best tracks with their words plus chords. So feel free to play and sing along to these greats as well.

King Of The Road

King Of The Road Guitar Chords & Lyrics
G            C            D            G
Trailers for sale or rent Rooms to let fifty cents
             C             D
No phone no  pool no pets  I ain't got no  cigarettes
       G             C
Ah but  two hours of pushing broom buys an
D               G
eight by twelve four-bit room
             C                  D          G
I'm a man of means by no means King of the Road
 
 
G             C              D           G
Third box car midnight train Destination Bangor Maine
             C              D
Old worn out suit & shoes I don't pay no union dues
        G           C            D                 G
I smoke old stogies I have found Short but not too big around
             C                 D           G
I'm a man of means by no means King of the Road
 
(or choose to use a capo on 1 and ignore the #)
 
       G#                C#          D#
I know every engineer on every train all of their children &
G#                                       C#
all of their names, and every handout in every town, and
D#
every lock that aint locked when no ones around. I sing 
 
G#           Dd           D#           G#
Trailers for sale or rent Rooms to let fifty cents
             C#            D#
No phone no  pool no pets  I ain't got no  cigarettes
        G#           C#
Ah but  two hours of pushing broom buys an
D#              G#
eight by twelve four-bit room
             C#                D#
I'm a man of means by no means King of the Road
 
(now remove the capo)
 
       A                 D           E
I know every engineer on every train all of their children &
A                                     D
all of their names, and every handout in every town, and
E
every lock that aint locked when noes around. I sing 
 
A            D            E            A
Trailers for sale or rent Rooms to let fifty cents
             D             E
No phone no  pool no pets  I ain't got no  cigarettes
      A             D
Ah but two hours of pushing broom buys an
E                 A
eight by twelve   four-bit room
      A      D                 E           A
I'm a man of means by no means King of the Road
 
A            D            E            A
Trailers for sale or rent Rooms to let fifty cents
             D             E
No phone no  pool no pets  I ain't got no  cigarettes
A            D
two hours of pushing broom buys an
E                 A
eight by twelve   four-bit room
      A      D                 E           A
I'm a man of means by no means King of the Road
E           A
King of the Road
E           A
King of the Road
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A Few Ole Country Boys

A Few Ole Country Boys Guitar Chords & Lyrics
Capo: 1st fret

[Verse 1]
A                       A7                           D
Not too many years ago, when dreams weren't coming true
                       A                         E     B   E7
I'd reach for inspi - ration, sometimes it would be you
    A                      A7                     D
I'd hear you on the radio, I sure did like your sound
                      A                   E7                 A
Say it's good to know there's still A Few Ol, Country Boys around.
 
[Verse 2]
A                                A7                       D
From the smoke, its are to tell, what's coming down the line
                    A                              E     B    E7
We heard you were a fast train, comin' out of, Caroline
   A                               A7                     D
We wondered what you were haulin', when you rolled into town
                      A                   E7                A
Say it's good to know there's still A Few Ol Country Boys around.
 
[Verse 3]
E                                         A          D       A
You must have felt, that same old feelin', more than once or twice
E                                   A         D    A7
Guitars pressed against our hearts, under the neon lights
D                                    A                D
I've got to say that feeling, is the best that I have found
                       A                    E7                A
Lord it's good to know there's still A Few, Ol Country Boys around.
 
[Bridge]
D A E A
 
[Verse 4]
A                                A7               D
There's a lot of truth you know, in our kind of songs
                    A                             E     B    E7
About the life your living, and how love done you wrong
A                              A7                   D
As long as there's a jukebox, and a honky-tonk in town
                  A                    E7                A
It's good to know there's still A Few, Ol Country Boys around
     D            A                   E7                 A
It's good to know there's still A Few Ol, Country Boys around.
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Dig Two Graves

Dig Two Graves Guitar Chords & Lyrics
[Intro]
C  G/B  Am G F
 
[Verse 1]
           C              G/B
I promised you, on the day we wed
Am                 G                   F
?Till death do us part, yeah that was what I said
                C                G/B
But things have changed, since I made that vow
Am                  G               F
The love I felt for you is so much deeper now
   Dm                     G
So I?ve made up my mind
 
[Verse 2]
                 C            G/B
When the family sings, Sweet By and By
     Am               G              F
They might as well go on and tell us both good-bye
                       C            G/B
Because you've come to be my heart and soul
   Am                  G                   F
The air I breathe, the reason there?s life in these bones
   Dm                     G
So I?ve made up my mind, girl if it?s your time
 
[Chorus 1]
                  C                   F
They can dig two graves, just carve one stone
               Am                    G
Cause without you here, I won't last long
                F      G                     Am
Your love?s the blood running through these veins
                   F       G               C
So if He calls you home, they can dig two graves
 
[Bridge]
G                               F             C
Surely the good Lord won?t ask me to be that strong
G                                   Dm           F
Because it kills me just to think about you being gone
 
[Chorus 2]
                  C                  F
They can dig two graves, just carve one stone
                 Am                   G
Cause without you here, I won't last long
                 F       G                  Am
Your love?s the blood running through these veins
                  F       G                C
So if He calls you home, they can dig two graves
              F       G         Am
Tell the Lord above, no need to wait
                    F     G                 C
So if He calls you home, they can dig two graves 
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Better Class Of Loser

Better Class Of Loser Guitar Chords & Lyrics
G, C, G
 
           G                      C        G
Im gettin out of this highrise penthouse suite
  G                                D
where we pretend lifes rosey and sweet
      G                         C      G
Goin back to the folks that I used to know
 G                 D                G
where everyone is what they seem to be
 G                                    C              G
And these high class friends that you like to hang around
 G                                         D
when they look my way their always lookin down
          G                           C      G
And I'm tired of you spending every dime I make
                        D                    G
to finance this way of life I've learned to hate
 
(Chorus)
           C                         G
I'm goin back to a better class of losers
     G                            D
This uptown livins really got me down
          G                                 C       G
I need friends who dont pay their bills on home computers
          A7                              D
and they buy their coffee beans already ground
 C                                    G                 C
You think its disgraceful that they drink three dollar wi-i-ine
        G               D             G
But a better class of loser suits me fine
 
(Second verse)
 
You said the grass is greener on the other side
but from where i stand i cant see grass at all
and the concrete and the steel wont change the way you feel
it takes more than caviar to have a ball
 
(repeat chorus)
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If I Didn’t Have You

If I Didn’t Have You Guitar Chords & Lyrics
[Verse 1]
 
         E                   A      E
Well I lost my heart on the day we met, 
       E                   B7    E
but I gained a lot that I don't regret.
         E                   A     E
Then I hung around till you said I do,
           E                         B7         E
I knew I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have you 
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
           E                            A          E
Well it changed my thinking when you changed your name 
             E                  B7      E
and neither one of us will ever be the same.
        E                   A    E
And I swear I'm never gonna be untrue 
            E                         B7         E
'cause I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have you.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       A                   E
If I didn't have you I'd long ago 
      B7                   E
been left in the dark out in the cold. 
 A                   E
Blowing around from town to town 
          B7
like a feather in the wind.
       A                 E
If I didn't have you I know I'd be
 B7                         E
floundering around like a ship at sea, 
  A                      E
lost in the rain of a hurricane,
                       B7
that's where I'd have been! 
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
       E                             A   E
But I didn't get lost 'cause I saw your light
                 E           B7       E
shining like a beacon on a cold dark night.
         E                    A            E
And the sun came up and the skies turned blue.
         E                         B7        E
No I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have you 
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
        E                         A      E
Well I count my blessings every night I pray 
           E                         B7       E
that the Lord lets me keep you just one more day. 
            E                      A    E
And every day He does 'cause God knows too 
           E                        B7         E
that I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have you.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       A                   E
If I didn't have you I'd long ago 
      B7                   E
been left in the dark out in the cold. 
 A                   E
Blowing around from town to town 
          B7
like a feather in the wind.
       A                 E
If I didn't have you I know I'd be
 B7                         E
floundering around like a ship at sea, 
  A                      E
lost in the rain of a hurricane,
                       B7
that's where I'd have been! 
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
       E                             A   E
But I didn't get lost 'cause I saw your light
                 E           B7       E
shining like a beacon on a cold dark night.
         E                    A            E
And the sun came up and the skies turned blue.
         E                         B7        E
No I wouldn't have nothing if I didn't have you 
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Diggin’ Up Bones

Diggin’ Up Bones Guitar Chords & Lyrics
[Verse 1]
         C/G
   Last night I dug your picture out from my old dresser drawer
 
   I set it on the table and I talked to it 'til four
                                                F
   I read some old love letters right up 'til the break of dawn
             C/G                  G              C/G
   Yeah I've been sittin' alone diggin' up bones
 
 
[Verse 2]
         C/G
   Then I went through the jewelry and I found our wedding rings
 
   I've put mine on my finger and I gave yours a fling
                                              F
   Across crossed this lonely bedroom of our recent broken home
                C/G                 G              C/G
   Yeah tonight I'm sittin' alone diggin' up bones
 
 
[Chorus]
         C/G
   I'm diggin' up bones, I'm diggin' up bones
                                           G
   Exhuming things that's better left alone
             C/G                      F
   I'm resurrecting memories of love that's dead and gone
                C/G                 G              C/G
   Yeah tonight I'm sittin' alone diggin' up bones
 
 
[Verse 3]
         C/G
   And I went to the closet and I found some things in there
 
   Like that pretty negligee that I bought you to wear
                                               F
   And I recall how good you looked each time you had it on
                C/G                 G               C/G
   Yeah tonight i'm sittin' alone diggin' up bones
 
 
[Chorus]
             C/G                      F
   I'm resurrecting memories of love that's dead and gone
                C/G                 G               C/G
   Yeah tonight I'm sittin' alone diggin' up bones
 
 
Chorus (til end).
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My Daddy Never Was

My Daddy Never Was Guitar Chords & Lyrics
Capo: 4th fret

[Intro]
G  Bm  C  D
 
[Verse]
   G                                  Bm
My boss'll tell you that I've been to work all week on time
    C                           G
And I ain't had no liquor on my breath
G                                 Bm
Ain't no kind of secret I've been known to take a drink
         C                              D
And it's made me do some things that I regret
 C                                 G
Loretta said this ain't no kind of way to raise a family
        C                                      D
And one night she called it quits and called a cab
             C                                       G
She left the clothes out on the clothes line and the dishes in the sink
     C                                     D
So I guess she knows that she ain't comin' back
 
[Chorus]
           G                         Bm
But I just wanna see my kids, I just wanna hold my girls
       C                                 D
Heaven knows I ain't got much of nothin' else in this whole world
       G                         Bm
I just wanna be around enough to know that they've been loved
       C                  D                G
I just wanna be the daddy   my daddy never was
 
[Instrumental]
G  Bm  C  D
 
[Verse]
    G                                  Bm
Now lately she's been knowing this ol' boy she met in church
    C                                   D
And I can't say she's wrong for wantin' more
       G                                  Bm
I gave him the right to tell my wife that I can't come around
    C                                   D
The night I knocked a hole in her front door
       C                         G
And Loretta took my keys and she made me wait outside
        C                                D
But she didn't call the law she called a cab
    C                      G
And as I pulled away I saw somethin' in her eyes
   C                                  D
So I reckon that she knows I ain't so bad
 
[Chorus]
           G                         Bm
But I just wanna see my kids, I just wanna hold my girls
       C                                 D
Heaven knows I ain't got much of nothin' else in this whole world
       G                         Bm
I just wanna be around enough to know that they've been loved
       C                  D                G
I just wanna be the daddy   my daddy never was
 
[Instrumental]
G  Bm  C  D
 
[Bridge]
   G                                  Bm
My boss'll tell you that I've been to work all week on time
    C                           D (let ring)
And I ain't had no liquor on my breath
 
[Outro]
G  Bm  C  D  G
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He Walked On Water

He Walked On Water Guitar Chords & Lyrics
[Verse 1]
           D                  G/D
He wore starched white shirts buttoned at the neck,
         D                              A/E
and he'd sit in the shade and watch the chickens peck.
          D                  G/D
And his teeth were gone, but what the heck,
D              A            D      G  A
I thought that he walked on water.
 
   D                    G
He said he was a cowboy when he was young.
          D                        A
He could handle a rope and he was good with a gun.
    D                         G
And my mama's daddy was his oldest son,--
    D              A            D
and I thought that he walked on water.
 
 
[Chorus]
                    G                   D
If the story's told,  only heaven knows.
                      A                D
But his hat seemed to me like an old halo.
D7                       G                  D
  And although his wings,  they were never seen.
               A            D      G/A  A/C#
I thought that he walked on water.
 
 
[Verse 2]
     D                     G
Then he tied a cord to the end of a mop,
           D                    A
and said, "Son, here's a pony, keep her at a trot."
    D                                   G
And I'd ride in circles while he laughed  alot.
     D          A     D
Then I'd flop down beside him.
 
           Bm                  A
And he was ninety years old in sixty-three
    G               A
and I loved him and he loved me.
     G                   A
And lord, I cried the day  he died,
       D              A            D
 
'cause I thought that he walked on water.
 
 
[Chorus]
                    G                   D
If the story's told,  only heaven knows.
                      A                D
But his hat seemed to me like an old halo.
D7                       G                 D
  And although his wings,  they were never seen.
               A            D      G/A  A/C#
I thought that he walked on water.
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Spirit Of A Boy, Wisdom Of A Man

Spirit Of A Boy, Wisdom Of A Man Guitar Chords & Lyrics
Capo: 1st fret

[Intro]
 
Gadd9
 
[Verse]
        Gadd9             Dsus2
He was sixteen, tender and tough
       Gadd9                          A7
She was too, and he'd do anything to prove his love
     G       D/F#   Em       A7       Bm
With so much riding on the choice at hand
    D/A          G          A7        Dsus2
The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man
 
             Gadd9              Dsus2
Hearts caught fire and love ran wild
             Gadd9                                     A7
She cried the day she called to say she was having his child
     G       D/F#   Em       A7       Bm
With so much riding on the choice at hand
   D/A          G                      A
The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man
 
[Bridge]
          A/C#             A                  G                  D
There's a constant contradiction, what feels good and what feels right
        G                           D              A
But you live with decisions that you make in your life
         A/C#              A       Em           Bm
And what steers your direction is hard to understand
    D/A         G                       A
The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man
 
[Verse]
                 Gadd9                        Dsus2
Now he drives a diesel out of Dallas, hauling cars out to the coast
              Gadd9                            A            A7sus4 A7
It ain't the dream that he remembered, just a few short years ago
                 G                            Dsus2
But tonight at a truck stop, while drinking a cup
     G                                       A7sus4              A7
The waitress grins and winks at him and says, "My shift's almost up"
 
     G       D/F#   Em                Bm
With so much riding on the choice at hand
    D           G           A          D
The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man
     G       D/F#   Em                Bm
With so much riding on the choice at hand
                G                       D
The spirit of a boy or the wisdom of a man
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Forever And Ever Amen

Forever And Ever Amen Guitar Chords & Lyrics
[Verse 1]
 
    D              G           D
You may think that I'm talking foolish
       G                         D
You've heard that I'm wild & I'm free
    G                    D
You may wonder how I can promise you now
     E                        A
This love that I feel for you always will be
     D               G             D
Well you're not just time that I'm killing
    G                      D
I'm no longer one of those guys
   G                   D
As sure as I live this love that I give
   E                        A
Is gonna be yours until the day that I die  --  Oh baby
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D         G        D        G               D
I'm gonna love you forever, forever & ever amen
   G                     D
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
   E                       A
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
       D          G            D
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful
        G                  E
I'll be happy to tell you again
G         A           D      G        E      A     D
I'm gonna love you forever & ever, forever & ever Amen
 
 
[Solo]
 
G A D G E A D
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
         D               G         D
They say time takes it's toll on a body
          G                            D
Makes the young girl's brown hair turn grey
    G                               D
But honey, I don't care, I ain't in love with your hair
          E                     A
And if it all fell out well I'd love you anyway
              D             G           D
They say that time can play tricks on a memory
     G                         D
Make people forget things they knew
         G                D
But it's easy to see it's happening to me
       E                     A
I've already forgotten every woman but you  ---  Oh darlin'
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D         G           D        G            D
I'm gonna love you forever, forever & ever Amen
   G                     D
As long as old men sit & talk about the weather
   E                       A
As long as old women sit & talk about old men
       D          G            D
If you wonder how long I'll be faithful
     G                       E
Just listen to how this song ends
 
 
[Outro]
 
G         A           D      G        E      A     D
I'm gonna love you forever & ever, forever & ever Amen
G         A           D      G       E      A
I'm gonna love you forever & ever forever & ever
   Bm     G       E      A     D
Forever & ever Forever & ever Amen
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On The Other Hand

On The Other Hand Guitar Chords & Lyrics
Capo: 1st fret

[Verse 1]
 E                           E7    A
On one hand I count the reasons I could stay with you
 E                                   B7
And hold you close to me, all night long.
   E            E7         A
So many lover's games I'd love to play with you
            F#                            B7
and on that hand I see no reason why it's wrong
 
[Chorus]
                  A                 E
But on the other hand, There's a golden band
     B7                               E
To remind me of someone who would not understand
 
 A                                     E
On one hand I could stay and be your loving man
 B7                                 E
But the reason I must go is on the other hand
 
[Verse 2]
 E                           E7      A
In your arms I feel the passions, I thought had died
 E                              B7
When I looked into your eyes I found myself
 E                       E7      A
When I first kissed your lips I felt so alive
            F#                           B7
I've got to hand it to you girl,  you're something else
 
[Chorus]
                  A                 E
But on the other hand, There's a golden band
     B7                               E
To remind me of someone who would not understand
 A                              E
On one hand I could stay and be your loving man
        B7                         E
But the reason I must go is on the other hand
         B7                         E
Yeah the reason I must go is on the other hand
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Storms Of Life

Storms Of Life Guitar Chords & Lyrics
[Verse 1]
            C                             F
There's a dirty piece of cardboard that reads "Montgomery Ward"
  G7                    C
Taped across the window of my old Ford
                                    F
A six-pack on the front seat and a box of chicken wings
  G7                                                C    C7
I'm dialin' 'cross the radio for a song that I can sing
 
 
[Chorus]
 F
I'd better change my wanderin' ways
 C
I know I've seen my better days
 G7                             C  C7
Always gettin' high when I get low
          F
Well, I left my soul out in the rain
  C
Lord, what a price I've had to pay
 G7                                C
The storms of life are washin' me away
 
 
[Verse 2]
 C                                 F
An old mail pouch, tobacco sign, fadin' on the barn
 G7                               C
Bringin' back sweet memories of mama's farm
                                   F
When love was just a country girl that lived on down the road
 
You know, she almost had me turned around
                    C  C7
But that was years ago
 
 
[Chorus]
 F
I'd better change my wanderin' ways
 C
I know I've seen my better days
 G7                             C  C7
Always gettin' high when I get low
         F
Well, I left my soul out in the rain
  C
Lord, what a price I've had to pay
 G7                                 C  C7
The storms of life are washin' me away
            G7                            C
Yeah, the storms of life are washin' me away
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Three Wooden Crosses

Three Wooden Crosses Guitar Chords & Lyrics
Capo: 1st fret

[Intro]
C   C/B   Am   Am7/G
 
[Verse 1]
C                     C/B   Am                    Am7/G
A farmer and a teacher,   a hooker and a preacher
F                        C             G
ridin' on a midnight bus bound for Mexico
        C                  C/B       Am               Am7/G
One was headed for vacation, one for higher education
    F                G                  C
and two of them were searchin' for lost souls
 
[Pre-chorus 1]
     Dm                         G
That driver never ever saw the stop sign
    Dm                                G    Gsus4
and eighteen-wheelers can't stop on a dime.
 
[Chorus]
          C            C/B
There are three wooden crosses,
       Am                Am7/G
on the right side of the highway
F                             C           G
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows
              C            C/B
I guess it's, not what you take
         Am                Am7/G
when you leave this world behind you
     F                G                 C
It's what you leave behind you when you go
 
[Verse 2]
C                         C/B   Am                    Am7/G
That farmer left a harvest,   a home and eighty acres
    F
the faith and love for growin' things
C                 G
in his young sons heart
         C                      C/B
And that teacher left her wisdom
       Am                        Am7/G
in the minds of lots of children
        F               G            C
Did her best to give'em all a better start
 
[Pre-chorus]
         Dm
And that preacher whispered,
                    G
"Can't you see that promised land?"
               Dm
as he laid his blood-stained bible
                G    Gsus4
in that hookers hand
 
[Chorus]
          C            C/B
There are three wooden crosses
       Am                Am7/G
on the right side of the highway
F                             C           G
Why there's not four of them, Heaven only knows
             C             C/B
I guess it's, not what you take
         Am                Am7/G
when you leave this world behind you
     F                G                 C
it's what you leave behind you when you go
 
[Bridge]
           Am             G                  F
That's the story that our preacher told last Sunday,
      C
as he held that blood-stained bible up
    G            Gsus4
for all of us to see
                   Am                Am7/G
He said, bless the farmer, and the teacher,
         F
and that preacher
    F         Dm                     G          Gsus4
Who gave this Bible to my Momma, Who read it to me
 
[Chorus]
          C            C/B
There are three wooden crosses
       Am                Am7/G
on the right side of the highway
F                            C               G
why there's not four of them, now I guess we know
C                 C/B
It's not what you take,
         Am                Am7/G
when you leave this world behind you,
     F                G                 C
It's what you leave behind you when you go
 
[Outro]
          C            C/B
There are three wooden crosses
       Am         Am7/G  C
on the right side of the highway
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Written In Stone

Written In Stone Guitar Chords & Lyrics
[Verse]
D
I'm gonna take you down to the riverside where the water runs slow and wide
G
There's a big ole rock out in the middle and I took my hammer and chisel
D
And worked all night so you could see just how much you mean to me
G
I carved your name right next to mine and it'll be there til the end of time
A              G                  A
And my love'll last at least than long
 
                G
It's written in stone how I fell for you
                D
It's written in stone what I wanna do
         C                                 D
Spend my life and the life hereafter lovin you
                 G
And darlin if we live to be a hundred
               D
or if we don't make it half that long
              C                                      D
I want you to know what I fell for you is written in stone
 
G
There's a place on the edge of town when I was a kid I found
G
Two names on a stone together lyin side by side forever
D
and it was then and there I knew if I ever thought a love was true
G
I'd surely wanna write it down on something that would be around
A                   G                   A
When all the spoken words have come and gone
 
                G
It's written in stone how I fell for you
                D
It's written in stone what I wanna do
         C                                 D
Spend my life and the life hereafter lovin you
                 G
And darlin if we live to be a hundred
               D
or if we don't make it half that long
              C                                      D
I want you to know what I fell for you is written in stone
 
A                      G                                 A
And when this love has come and gone our love will still be
 
                G
It's written in stone how I fell for you
                D
It's written in stone what I wanna do
         C                                 D
Spend my life and the life hereafter lovin you
                 G
And darlin if we live to be a hundred
               D
or if we don't make it half that long
              C                                      D
I want you to know what I fell for you is written in stone
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I Told You So

I Told You So Guitar Chords & Lyrics
Capo: 2nd fret

[Verse]
 
   G
Suppose I called you up tonight,
    Bm
And told you that I loved you,
    C                 D               G
And suppose I said "I wanna come back home."
    C                                   G       D/F#         Em  Bm
And suppose I cried and said "I think I finally learned my lesson
    A7                                 D
And I'm tired of spending all my time alone.
 
     G                               Bm
If I told you that I realized you're all I ever wanted
         C             D         G
And it's killing me to be so far away.
          C                                 G        D/F#   Em     Bm
Would you tell me that you loved me too and would we cry together?
   A7                                D
Or would you simply laugh at me and say:
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   G                 Bm       C
"I told you so, oh I told you so.
  Am                                       D
I told you someday you would come crawling back 
                           G      D
and asking me to take you in
 
  G                    Bm     C
I told you so, but you had to go,
      Am                              D                           G
Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again."
 
 
[Verse]
 
     G
If I got down on my knees 
            Bm
And told you I was yours forever 
          C                  D              G
Would you get down on yours too and take my hand ?
         C
Would we get that old-time feeling 
         G         D/F#     Em    Bm
Would we laugh and talk for hours 
    A7                                D
The way we did when our love first began 
          G
Would you tell me that you've missed me too 
    Bm
And that you've been so lonely 
          C                  D              G
And you've waited for the day that I returned 
         C
And we'd live and love forever 
         G         D/F#     Em Bm
And that I'm your one and only 
    A7                                D
Or would you say the tables finally turned 
 
And would you say
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   G                 Bm       C
"I told you so, oh I told you so.
  Am                                       D
I told you someday you would come crawling back 
                           G      D
and asking me to take you in
 
  G                    Bm     C
I told you so, but you had to go,
      Am                              D                           G
Now I found somebody new and you will never break my heart in two again."
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There’ll Always Be A Honky Tonk Somewhere

There’ll Always Be A Honky Tonk Somewhere Guitar Chords & Lyrics
Capo 2
 
[Verse]
D                                G  D
There may not be a Super Bowl in 2083
G                   D                E7          A7
Cars and trains and video games will all be history
    D                            G                         D
The world just keeps on changing things come and then they go
G             D       A7                 D
Nothing lasts forever except one thing I know
 
[Chorus]
                                       G              D
There'll always be a honky tonk with a jukebox in the corner
    G              D                 E7             A7
And someone crying in their beer and one ol’ hanger-oner
      D                          D7          G
And a lady looking lonely from a losing love affair
              D           A7             D
Yeah there'll always be a honky tonk somewhere
G             D           A7             D
Yeah there'll always be a honky tonk somewhere
 
[Verse]
                                       G              D
There may be factories on the moon and farming out in space
   G                     D                  E7                A7
It seems there's nothing here on earth that something won't replace
 D                                             G             D
But as long as there's a broken heart there'll be a place to go
      G                  D                      A7             D
Where good ol' boys meet good ol' girls and the wine and music flow
 
[Chorus]
                                       G              D
There'll always be a honky tonk with a jukebox in the corner
    G              D                 E7             A7
And someone crying in their beer and one ol’ hanger-oner
      D                          D7          G
And a lady looking lonely from a losing love affair
              D           A7             D
Yeah there'll always be a honky tonk somewhere
G             D           A7             D            G
Yeah there'll always be a honky tonk somewhere
 
C                                      F              C
There'll always be a honky tonk with a jukebox in the corner
    F              C                 D7             G7
And someone crying in their beer and one ol’ hanger-oner
      C                          C7          F
And a lady looking lonely from a losing love affair
              C           G7             C
Yeah there'll always be a honky tonk somewhere
F             C           G7             C
Yeah there'll always be a honky tonk somewhere 
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Heroes And Friends

Heroes And Friends Guitar Chords & Lyrics
  A                      E          A
I ain't live forever but I've lived enough
 
 
         D                             A             E
And I've learned to be gentle and I've learned to be tough
 
 
     D                          A           D
I've found only two things that last to the end
 
 
 A                     E          A
One is your heroes the other your friends
 
 
Chorus
 
     D                         A
Your heroes will help you find good in yourself
 
     E                             D        A
your friends won't forsake you for somebody else.
 
        D                          A              F#M
They'll both stand beside you thru thick and thru thin
 
    A                       E          A
And that's how it goes with heroes and friends
 
 
   A                        E          A
 I grew up with cowboys   I watched on T-V
 
 
   D                       A             E
My friends and I sometimes pre-tended to be
 
 
D                      A       D
Years have gone by but now and again
 
 
   A                             E          A
My heart rides the range with my heroes and friends
 
 
Chorus
 
     D                         A
Your heroes will help you find good in yourself
 
     E                             D        A
your friends won't forsake you for somebody else.
 
        D                          A              F#M
They'll both stand beside you thru thick and thru thin
 
    A                       E          F#m
And that's how it goes with heroes and friends
 
    A                       E          A
And that's how it goes with heroes and friends.
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Look Heart No Hands

Look Heart No Hands Guitar Chords & Lyrics
[Verse 1]
 
C
I remember how it used to feel
F               G
Riding down old two mile hill
C
Tennis shoes up on the handle bars
F                       G
Paying no mind to the passing cars
   Em           Am           F     Am       G
No doubts, no fears, just like when you are here
 
 
[Chorus]
 
     C          Am        F         G
No chains, no strings, no fences, no wall
    C         Am     F                    G
No net, just you to catch me when I fall
       F G      C
Look heart, no hands.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C
It took a little time to get up to speed
F                         G
To find the confidence and strength I need
C
To just let go and reach for the sky
F                       G
You know sometimes it felt I could fly.
   Em         Am              F   Am        G
No doubts, no fears, just like when you are here.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
     C          Am        F         G
No chains, no strings, no fences, no wall
    C         Am     F                    G
No net, just you to catch me when I fall
       F G      C
Look heart, no hands.
 
 
[Bridge]
 
F                            G                 C
It doesn't take much, just a smile or a touch
          Em     Am       F     C        G
And I'm a kid again, I can almost feel that wind
 
 
[Chorus]
 
     C          Am        F         G
No chains, no strings, no fences, no wall
    C         Am     F                    G
No net, just you to catch me when I fall
       F G      C
Look heart, no hands.
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1982

1982 Guitar Chords & Lyrics
[Intro]
E  D  A/E  E  A
 
[Verse 1]
 A                              D
Operator please connect me with nineteen eighty two
   E                         D     E       A      E
I need to make apologies for what I didn't do
   A                                Bm                        D
I sure do need to tell her that I've thought the whole thing through
     E                                                    A
And now it's clear that she is what I should have held on to
 
[Chorus]
               E                            A       D    A
They say hindsight's twenty twenty, but I'm nearly going blind
           B7                                      E
From staring at her photograph and wishing she was mine
              A                          D             Bm
It's that same ole lost love story, it's sad, but it's true
           E                                          A
There was a time when she was mine in nineteen eighty two
 
[Verse 2]
A                         D
Postman can you sell me a special kind of stamp
E                              D      E      A      E
One to send a letter from this crazy, lonely man
A                          D            Bm
Back into the wasted years of my living past
     E                                              A
I need to tell her now I know how long my love will last
 
[Chorus]
               E                            A       D    A
They say hindsight's twenty twenty, but I'm nearly going blind
           B7                                      E
From staring at her photograph and wishing she was mine
              A                          D             Bm
It's that same ole lost love story, it's sad, but it's true
           E                                          A
There was a time when she was mine in nineteen eighty two
E                                                A         D  A E A
Losing my mind going back in time to nineteen eighty two
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Deeper Than The Holler

Deeper Than The Holler Guitar Chords & Lyrics
Capo: 3rd fret

[Intro]
D G  x4
 
 
[Verse 1]
             D              G              D                G
Well I've heard those city singers singin about how they can love
D               G             D              G
Deeper than the oceans higher than the stars above
D                    G             D                    G
well I come from the country and I know I ain't seen it all
      D                 G             Dsus4                D/A
But I heard that oceans salty and the stars they sometimes fall
    Em                               Bm              G
But that would not do justice to the way I feel for you
     D                 Em         G                 A
So I have to sing this song about all the things I knew
 
 
[Chorus]
            D                 G      D               G
My love is deeper than the holler, stronger than the rivers
Bm               G                  Em           A
Higher than the pine trees growin' tall upon the hill
           D              G               D       A    Bm
My love is purer than the snowflakes that fall in late December
     Em         D             G
And honest as a robin on a springtime window sill
    Em               A               D
And longer than the song of the Whippoorwill
 
 
[Verse 2]
D                         G                     D             G
From the backroads to the broadway shows with a million miles between
D                         G               D              G
There's a least a million love songs that people love to sing
    Em                        Bm
And everyone is different and everyone's the same
   G            D              Em              A
so this is just another way of sayin the same thing
 
 
[Chorus]
            D                 G      D               G
My love is deeper than the holler, stronger than the rivers
Bm               G                  Em           A
Higher than the pine trees growin? tall upon the hill
           D              G               D       A    Bm
My love is purer than the snowflakes that fall in late December
     Em         D             G
And honest as a robin on a springtime window sill
    Em               A               D
And longer than the song of the Whippoorwill
 
 
Repeat Chorus x2
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I’ll Fly Away

I’ll Fly Away Guitar Chords & Lyrics
[Verse 1]
   C                C
Some glad morning when this life is o'er
  F        C
I'll fly away
   C             C
To a home on God's celestial shore
      G7    C        F     C
I'll fly away (I'll fly away)
 
 
[Chorus]
  C
I'll fly away, Oh Glory
  F        C
I'll fly away
   C             C              Am
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by
   C    G7   C        F     C
I'll fly away (I'll fly away)
 
 
[Verse 2]
  C           C
Just a few more weary days and then
   F       C
I'll fly away
 C                C
To a land where joy shall never end
       G7     C        F   C
I'll fly away (I'll fly away)
 
 
[Chorus]
C
I'll fly away, Oh Glory
   F       C
I'll fly away
C               C              Am
When I die, Hallelujah, by and by
C     G7   C         F    C
I'll fly away (I'll fly away)
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