Key: F 🎸 Intro: Dm A# F Dm A# F 🎸 Verse 1: Dm Well I can feel it changin' A# F Every moment, every hour F Lives start rearranging A# F And the sweet things all turned sour Dm A# F Tried to take one for the team and stick around Dm Try to make things what they should be A# F But I can't, not in this town
🎸 Chorus: Dm So I'm leaving this holler A# Leaving the heartache F C And I'm leavin' the way things used to be Dm I will not be returning A# My spirit is still yearning F C For a chance at being happy, Lord, and free Dm And those chains that use to bind me A# I'll break 'em off and find me F C G lover who will never let me down Dm Well a brand-new start Dm And a clean-washed heart A# And I'll be good to go F C Well they say that you can't keep a good man down Dm F A# F C I'm skippin' town 🎸 Verse 2: Dm Well I hate to waste my time here A# F I ain't got but so much left Dm Tired of running from the question A# F When the answer is the test Dm And I thought it would be easy A# Let the chips fall how they will F Oh, I know that I got love to give C But I ain't got time to kill 🎸 Chorus: Dm So I'm leaving this holler A# Leaving the heartache F C And I'm leavin' the way things used to be Dm I will not be returning A# My spirit is still yearning F C For a chance at being happy, Lord, and free Dm And those chains that use to bind me A# I'll break 'em off and find me F C G lover who will never let me down Dm Well a brand-new start Dm And a clean-washed heart A# And I'll be good to go F C Well they say that you can't keep a good man down Gm I'm skippin' town Guitar 🎸 Solo: Gm Dm C Gm Dm C Gm Dm C A# 🎸 Chorus: Dm So I'm leaving this holler A# Leaving the heartache F C And I'm leavin' the way things used to be C Used to be Dm I will not be returning A# My spirit is still yearning F C For a chance at being happy, Lord, and free C Free Dm And those chains that use to bind me Dm Chains, I'll break A# I'll break 'em off and find me F C G lover who will never let me down C Let me down Dm Well, a brand-new start Dm And a clean-washed heart A# And I'll be good to go F C Well they say that you can't keep a good man down C Good man down Dm I'm skippin' town 🎸 Outro: Dm A# F Dm A# Dm