Key: C
Introduction:
F Gm C7(4) C7 Am7 Dm7
By the time ... I get to Phoenix ... she’ll be rising ...
Gm7 C7 F F7M F6
She’ll find the note ... I left there hanging ... on her door ...
Bb7M C7(9) Am7 Dm
And she’ll laugh ... when she reads the part ... that says I’m leaving ...
Gm7 Bb7 Eb7M C7
'Cause I’ve left that girl ... so many times ... before ...
Gm C7(4) C7 Am7 Dm7
By the time ... I make Albuquerque ... she’ll be working ...
Gm7 C7 F F7M F6
She’ll probably ... stop at lunch ... and give a call ...
Bb7M C7(9) Am7 Dm Gm Bb7 Eb7M C7
But she’ll just hear the empty phone ... just keep on ringing ... off the wall ... that’s all ...
Gm C7(4) C7 Am7 Dm7 Gm
By the time ... I make Oklahoma ... she’ll be sleeping ... she’ll turn softly ...
C7(4) C7 F F7M F6 Bb7M C7(9) Am7 Dm7
And calls my name ... out low ... and she’ll cry ... just to think ... I really leave her ...
Gm C7 F F7M F6 Gm A7 D7M C7M
To time and time .. I’ve try ... to tell her so ... she just didn’t know ... I was really go ...
Colaboração: C.M. Perin