CAPO 1
[Verse 1]
C F
Kay, with all your singing talent back in Houston
C
Nashville's all you talked about
C F C
I sold everything I owned to bring you here now you'll be famous
G G7
There's no doubt
F
Last week you knocked 'em out in New York
C
Tonight Chicago's going wild
E Am Fm
Your record on the jukebox don't sound bad
C F G
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
C
From my cab
[Verse 2]
C F C
Caution lights blink out their warning some old Big Ben clock chimes 3 A.M.
C F C G G7
Starvin' hound dogs search a trash can, my gas tank could use 10 dollars worth of gas
F C
All the pot holes here on main street jar my rib cage I could cuss
E Am Fm
The crowd of night life people look so sad
C F G
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
C
From my cab
[Verse 3]
C# F# C#
Two young soldiers from Fort Campbell told me how they won the war in Afghanistan
C# F# C# G# G#7
Sirens echo through an alley, some woman said somebody stabbed a man
F# C#
I rushed miss teenage to the doctor she begged to give the child my name
F A#m F#m
I can't count the cups of coffee that I've had
C# F# G#
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
C#
From my cab
[Verse 4]
C# F# C#
Two rose petals on my front seat fallen from the bouquet Jimmy took to June
C# F# C# G# G#7
Jim kept mumbling through his tear drops God she'll leave this world with flowers in her room
F# C#
Kay, I showed some drunk your picture and he made a smart remark
F A#m F#m
I hit him in the mouth, boy was I mad
C# F# G#
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
C#
From my cab
[Verse 5]
G# G#7 C#
Fiddles, steel guitars and pianos, how they play
G# C# C#7
Grinding out the latest sounds from music city, U.S.A.
F# C#
Kay, although I know I brought you to the swinging music world
F A#m F#m
I miss pictures of those happy times we had
C# F# G#
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
C#
From my cab
[Outro]
C# F# G#
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
C#
From my cab