Kentucky Morning

G I am the one, who stayed behind C G While the others were going away D C To the mills of Chicago, to the plants of Detroit F D For the promise of a five-dollar day G They would come by in December, while the folks were alive C Bm With gifts from the money they'd made C G C And they'd talk of the nights, 'neath the bright city lights G D G And wonder how I ever stayed (And I'd tell them) C G D Oh, your bright lights don't shine, like a Kentucky morning C G D You can't hear a whippoorwill out on the street C G C Give me a good piece of land, and an old cane-back rocker G D Em C While life goes on, and on, and on G D G While life goes on, and on G I took a train out of Corbin, and headed up North, C G to visit a brother of mine D C Said he'd talk to his foreman, for to get me a job F D Working midnight's assembly line G And I was there with my brother, making factory pay C Bm But lord, my soul was alone C G C It was four in the morning, I shut down my machine G D G And I told them, "I'm going home. C G D Oh, your bright lights don't shine, like a Kentucky morning C G D You can't hear a whippoorwill out on the street C G C Give me a good piece of land, and an old cane-back rocker G D Em C While life goes on, and on and on G D G While life goes on, and on C G C Give me a good piece of land, and an old cane-back rocker G D Em G While life goes on, and on and on G D G While life goes on, and on G D G While life goes on, and on