Key: C
Introduction:
C F C
I HEARD A RUMOR THAT YOU UP AND SLIPPED THIS TOWN
C Em
FLAMED OUT AND FALLIN SOUTH
F
TRYIN TO LAY AN OLD GHOST DOWN
C F C
BUT OLD LOVERS, GIRL, HAUNT THE HIGHWAY WHERE YOU'RE BOUND
C Em F Am G
OUT THERE THE TEARS HIT HARD ENOUGH TO TURN A RED ROSE WHISKEY BROWN
BABE IT'S INDIAN COUNTRY IN THE SHADOWS OF A HONKY TONK
F
MIDNIGHT LOVES THE LONESOME
C Em
COME ON, LAY ONE MORE ROUNDER DOWN
F G Am
ANOTHER LIGHT GOES OUT IN A MOTEL SOUTH OF TOWN
F G C
SUCH A LONESOME SOUND WHEN AN ANGEL HITS THE GROUND
SOMETIMES YOU GET TO SLIDING AND IT SURE GETS HARD TO STOP