[Intro]
G C/B C Am D2 D D2 G
[Verse 1]
D2 D C G
A single town county, a hundred horse town
D2 D C D
The rodeo rides away, then comes back around
G C/B C G
The fiddler was shorted tho he played Cherokee
C D
That’s a warning for to a white boy like me
[Chorus]
G C/B C
All I see now are fences
Am
The cards turn a profit
D G
But their people are gone
G C/B
These old holes in the highway
C A
Are so brutal on bones
D D2
You don’t dance with who brought you
D G
It’s a lonesome walk home
[Verse 2]
D2 D C G
Can I catch a ride sir, if you’re goin’ this way
D2 D C D
I forgot what would all the Protestants say
G C/B C G
She was there for the takin’, there were promises made
C D
The small pox and whiskey, were a mighty bad trade
[Chorus]
G C/B C
All I see now are fences
Am
The cards turn a profit
D G
But their people are gone
G C/B
These old holes in the highway
C A
Are so brutal on bones
D D2
You don’t dance with who brought you
D G
It’s a lonesome walk home
[Instrumental]
G C/B Am D2 D D2 G (x2)
[Bridge]
D C G
The tables are turned into dried up remains
C D
Since the storm from the east, blew across the Plains
[Chorus]
G C/B C
All I see now are fences
Am
The casinos turn the profit
D G
But their people are gone
G C/B
These old holes in the highway
C A
Are so brutal on bones
D D2
You don’t dance with who brought you
D G
It’s a lonesome walk home
D D2
You don’t dance with who brought you
D G
It’s a lonesome walk home
[Outro]
G C/B C Am D2 D D2 G