Goodbye To Tennessee

C Em F C After fifteen years of marriage, she left him in Tennessee F Dm F C He found the rings on the rabbit ears of the Japanese T.V. F Dm F C She swapped him in for a brand new man, and he felt like an old used car Em F C On a riverbank, a child on a log that drifted out too far. C Em F C And it's hey ho, hi ho, goodbye to Tennessee F Dm F C I'm on my way to Oregon where nobody knows me F Dm F C I'm gonna buy a boat and sail it out upon the drifting sea C Em F C I'm gonna ride the swells like an old blue whale, and look for the rest of me C Em F C I'm gonna ride the swells like an old blue whale, and look for the rest of me C Em F C Outside of Tucumcare, a car drove by his truck F Dm F C Two kids had just got married; God bless 'em, and good luck F Dm F C His mind went back some fifteen years to a little white country church Em F C It was a buckboard scene from out of a dream, Jesus how it hurt G C And it hurts when the one that you love goes down the road G F C And at first you will pray, "Oh Lord, this is too big a load" G C But if you try, you will find there are so many other lives F G As there are stars up in the sky C Em F C And it's hey ho, hi ho, goodbye to Tennessee F Dm F C I'm on my way to Oregon where nobody knows me F Dm F C I'm gonna buy a boat and sail it out upon the drifting sea C Em F C I'm gonna ride the swells like an old blue whale, and look for the rest of me C Em F C I'm gonna ride the swells like an old blue whale, and look for the rest of me