I Sang The Song

F Am7 G C C F C I could hear the highway callin' F C Long before the road ran through F Am7 Dreams are free and not much else is G C What else can a poor boy do? C F C Calais, France, the Cliffs of Dover F C Name a city, I been there F Am7 Women laughin', babies cryin' G C Sounds the same most anywhere C F C Baptized in the old South River F C Three times forward I been blessed F Am7 Just another young hillbilly G C Who would have thought, who could have guessed? C F C F C F Am7 G C C F C Gordon Lightfoot, AP. Carter F C Mother Maybelle, June and John F Am7 It ain't braggin' if you've done it G C Name the tune, I sang the song C F C And now I'm old, no way to hide it F C Wouldn't care to truth be told F Am7 Once a man and twice a child G C Well, I've got a hand to hold C F C F C F Am7 G C C F C I could hear the highway callin' F C Long before the road ran through F Am7 Dreams are free and not much else is G C What else can a poor boy do? F Am7 Dreams are free and not much else is G C What else can a poor boy do? G C