verse 1
G7 Cadd9
Line of crosses in the path
Cadd9 F6 F F6
The wire highway of the telegraph
F G7sus4
On a sea of prairie snow
G7 C G7sus4
Like a picture of long ago
verse 2
G7 Cadd9
And I was riding on the wheel
F6 F
I was thinking on the past
F6 F G7sus4
Looking out across the fields
G7 C
Watching people turn to photographs
C7 Fadd9
And every sailor knows the truth
C
About the anchor and the chain
Fadd9
Got to hold them close to you
D7/F# G7sus4 G7
If you don’t want to drift away again
C Fadd9
Every gyspy knows the way
Am
Like the buttons on his vest
C G7sus4
And the sun lies down before you
G7 Cadd9
Out on the big east west
verse 3
G7 Cadd9
In the silo up ahead
Cadd9 F6 F F6
The golden promise of the sun
F G7sus4
Grinded into your daily bread
G7 C G7sus4
Bring it home to your loved ones
verse 4
G7 Cadd9
Once in every now and then
F6 F
When you get back from the wars
F6 F G7sus4
You turn around and you’re gone again
G7 C
To that wide open shore
C7 Fadd9
And every sailor knows the truth
C
About the anchor and the chain
Fadd9
Hold them close to you
D7/F# G7sus4 G7
If you don’t want to drift away again
C Fadd9
Every gyspy knows the way
Am
Like the buttons on his vest
C G7sus4
And the sun lies down before you
G7 Cadd9
Out on the big east west
G7 Cadd9
On the big east west