[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
C G F G
Ten miles as the crow flies
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Five minutes the way she drives
C G F F
Next stop on the Greyhound bus ride; nobody really knows
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Nobody really knows
[Chorus]
C G F G
Johnson City’s a long way from Blanco
C G F G
Why she’s walking back home, I don’t know
C G F
Tried to give her a ride, she said “Hell, no”
F G
Just needed time alone, to be on her own and
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Johnson City’s a long way from Blanco
[Verse 2]
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Temptation and night life
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Silver K on a Saturday night
C G F
Too much dancing, too much red wine
F G
Nobody really knows; nobody really knows
[Chorus]
C G F G
Johnson City’s a long way from Blanco
C G F G
Why she’s walking back home, I don’t know
C G F
Tried to give her a ride, she said “Hell, no”
F G
Just needed time alone, to be on her own and
C G F G C G F G
Johnson City’s a long way from Blanco
[Bridge]
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[Verse 3]
F G Am
She fell for a star and stars fell from her eyes
F G F G
The man of her dreams was just an ordinary guy
[Chorus]
C G F G
Johnson City’s a long way from Blanco
C G F G
Why she’s walking back home, I don’t know
C G F
Tried to give her a ride, she said “Hell, no”
F G
Just needed time alone, to be on her own and
C G F G C G F G
Johnson City’s a long way from Blanco
C G G C G F G
Johnson City’s a long way from Blanco
C G F G C
Johnson City’s a long way from Blanco