(Bb) (C) (D) (Bb) (C) (D)
The (D)streets are paved with tourists
And the (G)record company flourshed
(C)Lord knows every singer wants to be the (D)king
But some of'em couldn't take it
(G)And some good ones didn't make it
(C)That's the way it goes (G)on the Nashville (D)scene
(D)Now there's a whino on the corner
He was a (G)well known guitar picker
(C)Till he got burned out by the (D)game
Now he'll bum you for some whiskey
And (G)tell ya how it was
(C)Back in 52 (G)when he played for(D) Hank
And (C)I'm watchin' the (G)sun go down this (D)evenin'
And (C)soon it'll wake this (G)town that's made on (D)dreams
But (C)before it does a (G)new star will be (Bb)shinin'
That's the way (C)it is on the Nashville (D)scene
From the (D)outside it;s a castle
From the (G)inside its a prison
Its(C) easy to live way beyond your (D)means
And it's a long long way to the top
And even (G)further when you drop
And (C)I've been on both(G) ends of the Nashville (D)scene
And (C)I'm watchin' the (G)sun go down this (D)evenin'
And (C)soon it'll wake this(G) town that's made on(D) dreams
But(C) before it does a(G) new star will be (Bb)shinin'
(C)Lightin' up the Nashville (D)scene
Yeah and I'm (C)standin here as the (G)sun goes down this (D)evenin'
And (C)soon it'll wake this (G)town that's made on (D)dreams
But (C)before it does a (G)new star will be (Bb)shinin'
Lightin'(C) up the Nashville (D)scene
Lightin'(C) up the ole Nashville (D)scene