C# G#7 C# F# Seven lonely days and a dozen towns ago C# F# C# I reached out one night and you were gone F# G#7 C# A#m Donʼt know why youʼd run what youʼre running to or from D#7 G#7 All I know is I want to bring you home C# G#7 C# F# So Iʼm walking in the rain thumbing for a ride C# F# C# On this lonely Kentucky back-road F# G#7 C# A#m Iʼve loved you much too long my loveʼs too strong D#7 G#7 To let you go never knowing what went wrong D#7 C# Kentucky rain keeps pouring down Fm A#m F# C# And up ahead’s another town that Iʼll go walking through F# C# Fm A#m F# With the rain in my shoes searching for you G#7 C# F# G#7 C# In the cold Kentucky rain in the cold Kentucky rain G#7 C# F# Showed your photograph to some old gray bearded men C# F# C# Sitting on a bench outside a general store F# G#7 C# A#m They said yes sheʼs been here but their memory wasnʼt clear D#7 G#7 Was it yesterday no wait the day before C# G#7 C# F# Finally got a ride with a preacher man who asked C# F# C# Where you bound on such a cold dark afternoon F# G#7 C# A#m As we drove on through the rain as he listened I explained D#7 G#7 And he left me with a prayer that Iʼd find you
