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Introduction:
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They put my name on a marquee sign in Phoenix
C G
From the looks of things, folks 'round here can't read
C F
I'm playin' to a barkeep and some old drunk that's past his prime
C G C
I'll pack this joint when I come through next time
C F
I got a show tomorrow night in Texarkana
C G
Starin' down a fourteen hour drive
C F
I'm diggin' through the beer cans and Marlboro empties on the floor
C G C
Hopin' I might find one that'll light
F G C
The road I'm on is cold and dark and lonely
C G
I ain't got a penny to my name
C F
Folks back home still think I'm gon' make it
C G C
I wish like hell I still felt the same
C F
There ain't nothin' in this world quite as lonesome
C G
As midnight on a highway you don't know
C F
Stuck here between a hero and a has-been
C G C
With the static on the AM radio
F G C
The road I'm on is cold and dark and lonely
C G
I ain't got a penny to my name
C F
Folks back home still think I'm gon' make it
C G C
I wish like hell I still felt the same