Abilene Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][Esus4][D][Bm][G][Em]
[D][Bm][G]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
There's a grey[D]hound bus
Leavin' the great [A]Northwest
Tak[D]in' her tonight
Back down [A]south [G]to Texas
She's been dancing' on tables
To pay rent and be able
To just get by and maybe [A]stay
[Asus4]clean.[A]

[Verse 2]
Abile[Bm]ne, Abile[D]ne[G][Em]
Abile[D]ne, Abilene.
[Bm][G]

[Verse 3]
[Em]Well her
[D]daddy'd get drunk
Then he'd hit [A]her hard
And [D]her mama'd lie in bed
High on pills and talk[A]in' [G]to God
But like her beautiful tattoos
These old memories she can't lose
Since she ran away at fif
[A]teen.[Asus4][A]

[Verse 4]
[Bm]Abilene, Abilene
[D]The[G]re's a town[Em] ahead that
[D]you've never see[Bm]n[G]
Maybe it's [Em]bet ter if [G]you get
off [Em]there and try [G]to
[Em]Forget everything
Abilene.
[D][Bm][G]

[Verse 5]
[Em]
Star[D]in' out the window
At the long [A]cold night
[D]Ahead on the horizon
Is another [A]string of bright [G]lights
She's dreamin' of a man
she's goin' to meet
In a bar on an Austin street
Maybe this one won't [A]be so mean.

[Verse 6]
Abile[Bm]ne, Abile[D]ne[G]
There's [Em]a town [D]ahead
that you've never [Bm]seen[G]
And maybe it's [Em]bet ter if [G]you
get off [Em]there and try [G]to
Forget [Em]everything[Esus4]
Abi[Em]lene.

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][D][G][Em][Bm][D][G]
[Em][G][Bm][D][G][Bm][D][Em]
[G]

[Verse 7]
In [D]a Texas bar there's
a man sit[A]tin' alone
Think[D]in' of a girl he swore he'd
wait [A]there [G]for
But he's drinkin' beers and
he's feelin' old
Rememberin' every lie he's told
'Til he changes his [D]mind
and [Asus4]he leaves[A].

[Verse 8]
[Bm]Abilene, Abile[D]ne[G]
There's [Em]a town ahead [D]that
you've never [Bm]seen[G]
Maybe it's [Em]bet ter if [G]you get
off [Em]there and try [G]to
Forget [Em]everything
[Bm]Abilene, Abile[D]ne[G]
[Em]Oh Abile[D]ne, Abilene.

[Outro 1]
[Bm][G][Em]
[D][Bm][G][D][Em][Esus4]
[Em][D][A]