C G7 C F Seven lonely days and a dozen towns ago C F C I reached out one night and you were gone F G7 C Am Donʼt know why youʼd run what youʼre running to or from D7 G7 All I know is I want to bring you home C G7 C F So Iʼm walking in the rain thumbing for a ride C F C On this lonely Kentucky back-road F G7 C Am Iʼve loved you much too long my loveʼs too strong D7 G7 To let you go never knowing what went wrong D7 C Kentucky rain keeps pouring down Em Am F C And up ahead’s another town that Iʼll go walking through F C Em Am F With the rain in my shoes searching for you G7 C F G7 C In the cold Kentucky rain in the cold Kentucky rain G7 C F Showed your photograph to some old gray bearded men C F C Sitting on a bench outside a general store F G7 C Am They said yes sheʼs been here but their memory wasnʼt clear D7 G7 Was it yesterday no wait the day before C G7 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 G7 C Am As we drove on through the rain as he listened I explained D7 G7 And he left me with a prayer that Iʼd find you
