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