F C G F C G
Don't stop even for the right thing does it matter what I say
F C G F
My whole world was by that river flowin' north to meet the sea each day
C G
I don't want to move away
F C G F C G
You look at me and ya say what's wrong boy What else do you want me to say
F C G F
I don't want to leave tomorrow been and gone but I belong here now
C G
Your big world can wait another day
F C G
Brighter days where did they go
Brighter days where did they go
Brighter days where did they go
Brighter days where did they go
F C G
I am hopeful for where I'm goin'
F C G F C G
but I belong in the South That was where I's born a po' boy
F C G
livin' life like there's no end in sight Even so I've done without
F C G
Brighter days where did they go
Brighter days where did they go
Brighter days where did they go
Brighter days where did they go
G
Boy you about to hit the bottom
F C G
Brighter days where did they go
F C G
Brighter days where did they go
G
Boy you about to hit the bottom
F C G
Brighter days where did they go
F C G
Brighter days where did they go
F C G
I'll be alone I feel I'm movin' where To a land you never saw
F C
and I see you 'bout to hit the bottom Lord help me move away
G
to a land you never saw and I've seen
F C G
Brighter days where did they go
F C G
Brighter days where did they go
F C G
Brighter days where did they go