A# F7 A# D# Seven lonely days and a dozen towns ago A# D# A# I reached out one night and you were gone D# F7 A# Gm Donʼt know why youʼd run what youʼre running to or from C7 F7 All I know is I want to bring you home A# F7 A# D# So Iʼm walking in the rain thumbing for a ride A# D# A# On this lonely Kentucky back-road D# F7 A# Gm Iʼve loved you much too long my loveʼs too strong C7 F7 To let you go never knowing what went wrong C7 A# Kentucky rain keeps pouring down Dm Gm D# A# And up ahead’s another town that Iʼll go walking through D# A# Dm Gm D# With the rain in my shoes searching for you F7 A# D# F7 A# In the cold Kentucky rain in the cold Kentucky rain F7 A# D# Showed your photograph to some old gray bearded men A# D# A# Sitting on a bench outside a general store D# F7 A# Gm They said yes sheʼs been here but their memory wasnʼt clear C7 F7 Was it yesterday no wait the day before A# F7 A# D# Finally got a ride with a preacher man who asked A# D# A# Where you bound on such a cold dark afternoon D# F7 A# Gm As we drove on through the rain as he listened I explained C7 F7 And he left me with a prayer that Iʼd find you
