Published: 2014-05-31 22:12 Selection chords: Sofia Davis
Tonality
AEDD x2
AE
As I drive from your pearly gates
DD
I realize that I just canʼt stay
AE
All those mountains, they kept you locked inside
DD
And hid the truth from my slighted eyes
EE
I came to you with a half-open heart
DD
Dreams upon my back, illusions of a brand new start
AE
Nashville, canʼt I carry the load?
DD
Is it my fault I canʼt reap what I sow?
AE
Nashville, did you give me half a chance
DDA
With your southern style, and your hidden dance away
EDD
Dance away, now you dance away
All those voices, they whisper through my walls
They talk of falling fast, they say Iʼm losing it all
They say Iʼm running blind to a love of my own
But Iʼll be walking proud Iʼm saving what I still own
I fell on my knees to kiss your land
But you are so far down, and I canʼt even see to stand
Nashville, you forgot the human race
You see with half a mind what colors hide the face
Nashville, Iʼd like to know your fate
Iʼd like to stay a while but Iʼve seen your lowered state today
Iʼve seen them today, honey I swear Iʼve seen ʼem today
AEDD x2
Now Iʼm leaving, Iʼve got all these debts to pay
You know we all have our dues, Iʼll pay in some other place
Iʼd never ask that you pay me back
We all arrive with more, I left with less than I had
Your town is made for people passing through
A last chance for a cause I thought I knew
But Nashville, you tell me what you are gonna do
With all your Southern style, itʼll never pull you through
Nashville, I canʼt place no blame
But if you forget my face, Iʼll never call your name again
No, never again, no, never, never again
EE
I fell on my knees to kiss your land
N.C.
But you are so far down, and I canʼt even see to stand
And Nashville, you forgot the human race
You see with half a mind what colors hide the face
Nashville, Iʼd like to know your fate
Iʼd like to stay a while but Iʼve seen your lowered state today
Iʼve seen ʼem today, honey, I swear Iʼve seen ʼem today
Iʼm running away, Iʼm running away, Iʼm running,
Iʼm running, Iʼm running away