C I left New York F C In nineteen forty-nine G C To go across the country F C Without a dad-blamed dime G C F C Montana in the cold, cold fall G C F G C Found my father in a gambling hall F C Father father G C Where have you been F C I've been out in the world G C Since I was only ten F C Father father G C Where have you been F C I've been out in the world G C Since I was only ten F C Don't worry about me F G C About to die of pleurisy F Cross the Mississippi C Cross the Tennessee G Cross the Niobrara F C Home I'll never be F Home in old Medora C Home in ol' Truckee G Apalachicola F C Home I'll never be F C For better or for worse G C Or thick and thin F C G F C Like being married to the little woman F C God he loves me G C Like I love him F C I want you to do G C Just the same for him F C Well the worms eat away F G C But the worrywarts will win F C So I left Montana G C On an old freight train F C The night my father died F G C In the cold, cold rain F Road to Opelousas C Road to Wounded Knee G Road to Ogallala F C Home I'll never be F Road to Oklahoma C Road to El Cajon G Road to ol' Tehatchapi F C Road to San Antone Hey hey F Road to Opelousas C Road to Wounded Knee G Road to Ogallala F C Home I'll never be F Road to Oklahoma C Road to El Cajon G Road to ol' Tehatchapi F C Road to San Antone Home I'll never be