Intro
B D B D
G D B D E
B D G D B
D B D B
verse 1
B
Back home, a fire they keep
E B
Out here the cold wind blows
G D G
I did not want to leave
B D
I wonder if she knows
E G
The first word she said, to me was goodbye
B D
B D
verse 2
B
In the west the sky grows darker
E B
Back east the sun will rise
G D G
Back home my wife and daughter
B D
Don't know where I am tonight
E G
But soon I will find, a road that leads home
B D
B D
Chorus 1
G
A man could die out here, they'd never know
A
No longer will I walk among the ghosts
B A
Even though I left so long ago
B
I got someone waiting back at home
E
We got married down in Texas, Texas
G
A little daughter of our own
B D
B D
verse 3
B
She doesn't care about
E B
The cold wind that carried this song
G D G
All that she knows right now
B D
Is that her father's still gone
E G
The first word she learned, to say was to say goodbye
B D
B D
Chorus 2
G
A man could die out here, they'd never know
A
No longer will I walk among the ghosts
B A
Even though I left so long ago
B
I got someone waiting back at home
E
We got married down in Texas, Texas
G
A little daughter of our own
B D
B D
Instrumental
B D B D
G D B D E
B D G D B
D B D B
Chorus 3
G
A man could die out here, they'd never know
A
No longer will I walk among the ghosts
B A
Even though I left so long ago
B
I got someone waiting back at home
E
We got married down in Texas, Texas
G
A little daughter of our own
B D
B D
Outro
B
Life out here is getting reckless, reckless
A
Better find my way back home
E
We got married down in Texas, Texas
G
Our little girl will soon be grown
B
I can't stay, I'm getting restless, restless
A G
You're gonna have to let me go