Key: C
Introduction: C/G D/G C/G D/G
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They say folks is dyin' to get here.
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Me, I'm dyin' to get away,
Dm9
To a little town out west
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That's spankin' new.
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And while I ain't never been there,
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I can see it clear as day.
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If you want, I bet'cha you could see it, too.
verse 2
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Close your eyes...
Am
Come with me,
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Where it's clean and green and pretty.
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And they went and made a city outta clay.
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Why, the minute that you get there,
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Folks'll walk right up and say,
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"Welcome home, son, welcome home to Santa Fe!"
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Plantin' crops,
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Splittin' rails,
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Swappin' tales around the fire,
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'cept for Sunday when you lie around all day.
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Soon your friends are more like family,
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And they's beggin' you to stay!
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Ain't that neat?
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In Santa Fe.
verse 3
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Don't you know that we's a family?
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Would I let you down? No way.
Dm9
Just hold on, kid,
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Till that train makes Santa Fe