G              D7             G  
Way down in  the state of Georgia 
             D7               G  
Through the swamps and everglades 
 G7          C               G  
There's a hole in Tiger Mountain 
                           D7                 G  
God help the man who gets lost in Miller's Cave 
  
                  D7          G  
I had a girl  in Way Cross Georgia 
         D7               G  
But she had unfaithful ways 
 G7        C              G  
Made me feel I was unwanted 
                       D7                  G  
Like the bats and the bears in Miller's Cave 
  
                   D7               G  
I couldn't stand  the way she did me 
          D7                 G  
Couldn't take her lowdown ways 
 G7            C                       G  
Before I'll stay with the cheating woman 
                       D7                 G  
I'll go live with the bears in Miller's Cave 
  
                   D7           G  
I caught her out  one Sunday morning 
        D7                  G  
With a man they call Big Dave 
 G7        C                  G  
Meanest man in Way Cross Georgia 
                             D7                 G  
I'd rather fight a mountain lion in Miller's Cave 
  
                    D7             G  
I said you'll pay  both you and Davy 
        D7                G  
I must see you in your graves 
 G7                C               G  
They laughed at me and then I shot 'em 
                                D7                  G  
I took their cheating scheming bones to Miller's Cave 
  
                  D7          G  
That woman made  me feel unwanted 
       D7                 G  
But I showed her I was brave 
 G7            C                     G  
Most wanted man in the state of Georgia 
                                     D7                 G  
But they'll never find me cause I'm lost in Miller's Cave

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G  
I was totin' my pack 
Along the dusty Winnemucca road 
When along came a semi 
With a high and canvas covered load 
           C  
If you're going to Winnemucca Mack 
With me you can ride 
      G  
So I climbed into the cab 
And then I settled down inside 
    D7  
He asked me if I'd seen a road 
With so much dust and sand 
              G  
And I said,  Listen Bud I've traveled  
Every road in this here land 
  
Chorus:
 G  
I've been everywhere, man 
I've been everywhere, man 
 C  
'Cross the deserts bare man 
      G  
I've breathed the mountain air man 
 D7  
Of travel I've had my share man 
 G           D7     G  
I've been every where 
  
         G  
Been to Reno Chicago Fargo Minnesota 
Buffalo Toronto Winslow Sarasota 
 C  
Wichita Tulsa Ottawa Oklahoma 
 G  
Tampa Panama Mattawa La Paloma 
 D7  
Bangor Baltimore Salvador Amarillo 
 G  
Tocopilla Barranquilla and Padilla I'm a killer 
  
Repeat chorus 
  
 G  
Boston Charleston Dayton Louisiana 
Washington Houston Kingston Texarkana 
 C  
Monterey Ferriday Santa Fe Tallapoosa 
 G  
Glen Rock Black Rock Little Rock Oskaloosa 
 D7  
Tennessee Hennessey Chicopee Spirit Lake 
 G  
Grand Lake Devil's Lake Crater Lake for Pete's sake 
  
Repeat chorus 
  
 G  
Louisville Nashville Knoxville Ombabika 
Shefferville Jacksonville Waterville Costa Rica 
 C  
Pittsfield Springfield Bakersfield Shreveport 
 G  
Hackensack Cadillac Fond Du Lac Davenport 
 D7  
Idaho Jellicoe Argentina Diamontina 
 G  
Pasadena Catalina see what I mean sir 
   
Repeat chorus  
 
 G  
Pittsburgh Parkersburg Gravellburg Colorado 
Ellensburg Rexburg Vicksburg Eldorado 
 C  
Larrimore Atmore Haverstraw Chattanika 
 G  
Chaska Nebraska Alaska Opelika 
 D  
Baraboo Waterloo Kalamazoo Kansas City 
 G  
Sioux City Cedar City Dodge City what a pity 
  
 Repeat chorus 
  
Tag 
  
I know some place you haven't been 
 D7                G  
I've been every-where

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G  
That big eight-wheeler rollin' down the track 
                                    G7  
Means your true-lovin' daddy ain't comin' back 
                   C                 G  
'Cause I'm movin' on I'll soon be gone 
          D7  
You were flyin' too high for my little old sky 
               G  
So I'm movin' on 
  
That big loud whistle as it blew and blew 
Said hello to the southland we're comin' to you 
And we're movin' on oh hear my song 
You had the laugh on me so I set you free 
And I'm movin' on 
  
Mister fireman won't you please listen to me 
'Cause I got a pretty mama in Tennessee 
Keep movin' me on keep rollin' on 
So shovel the coal let this rattler roll 
And keep movin' me on 
  
Mister Engineer take that throttle in hand 
This rattler's the fastest in the southern land 
To deep movin' me on keep rollin' on 
You gonna ease my mind put me there on time 
And keep rollin' on 
  
I've told you baby from time to time 
But you just wouldn't listen or pay me no mind 
Now I'm movin' on  I'm rollin' on 
You've broken your vow and it's all over now 
So I'm movin' on 
  
You've switched your engine now I ain't got time 
For a triflin' woman on my mainline 
Cause I'm movin on you done your daddy wrong 
I warned you twice now you can settle the price 
'Cause I'm movin on 
  
But someday baby when you've had your play 
You're gonna want your daddy but your daddy will say 
Keep movin' on you stayed away too long 
I'm through with you too bad you're blue 
Keep movin' on

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D                                  D7     G  
I've got a tangled mind I've got a broken heart 
             D           A7      D  
Don't have a dime and my time is short 
                                 D7          G  
I got a gal somewhere I guess she thinks I'm dead  
            D               A7       D  
I'd go back home if I could clear my head  
  
               D7         G  
Crying  crying all of the time 
                  D  
I've got a broken heart 
           A7      D  
I've got a tangled mind 
  
                                      D7        G  
I lost a million friends I'm trudging on in the dark 
              D              A7       D  
Can't find my way don't know where to start 
                              D7     G  
I had a home one time I left it all behind 
           D               A7      D  
I can't go back I've got a tangled mind 
   
               D7         G  
Crying  crying all of the time 
                  D  
I've got a broken heart 
           A7      D  
I've got a tangled mind

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G                                  G7     C  
I've got a tangled mind I've got a broken heart 
             G           D7      G  
Don't have a dime and my time is short 
                                 G7          C  
I got a gal somewhere I guess she thinks I'm dead  
            G               D7       G  
I'd go back home if I could clear my head  
  
               G7         C  
Crying  crying all of the time 
                  G  
I've got a broken heart 
           D7      G  
I've got a tangled mind 
  
                                      G7        C  
I lost a million friends I'm trudging on in the dark 
              G              D7       G  
Can't find my way don't know where to start 
                              G7     C  
I had a home one time I left it all behind 
           G               D7      G  
I can't go back I've got a tangled mind 
   
               G7         C  
Crying  crying all of the time 
                  G  
I've got a broken heart 
           D7      G  
I've got a tangled mind

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Capo 1 

A  D 
Heartache number one was when you left me, 
E  A
I never knew that I could hurt this way. 
D
And heartache number two was when you came back again, 
E  A
You came back but never meant to stay. 
 
Now I’ve got: 
A  D
Heartaches by the number troubles by the score, 
E  A
Everyday you love me less, each day I love you more. 
Yes I’ve got: 
A  D
Heartaches by the number, a love that I can’t win, 
E  A
But the day that I stop counting, that’s the day my world will end. 
 
A  D
Heartache number three was when you called me, 
E  A
And said that you where comin back to stay. 
D
With hopeful heart I waited for your knock on the door, 
E  A
I waited but you must have lost your way. 
 
Now I’ve got: 
A  D
Heartaches by the number troubles by the score, 
E  A
Everyday you love me less, each day I love you more. 
Yes I’ve got: 
A  D
Heartaches by the number, a love that I can’t win, 
E  A
But the day that I stop counting, that’s the day my world will end.

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G  
Now Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts 
Oh Lord how they did love 
 C                                                  G  
Swore to be true to each other true as the stars above 
            D7                           G  
He was her man but he wouldn't do her wrong 
 
Now Frankie went down to the corner 
Just for a bucket of beer 
     C                                              G  
She said Mr. Bartender has my loving Johnny been here 
         D7                      G  
He's my man he wouldn't do me wrong 
 
I don't want to cause you no trouble 
Woman I ain't gonna lie 
     C                                                       G  
But I saw your lover an hour ago with a girl named Nellie Blie 
           D7                       G  
He's your man but he's doing you wrong 
 
Now Frankie looked over the transom 
She saw to her surprise 
       C                                               G  
There on the couch sat Johnny making love to Nellie Blie 
         D7                      G  
He's my man but he's doing me wrong 
 
Frankie threw back her Kimono 
Took out her little 44 
    C                                                          G  
Rutty too-too three times she shot right through that hardwood door
          D7                     G  
Shot her man he was doing her wrong 
 
Now bring out your rubber tired hearses 
Bring out your rubber tired hack 
   C                                                           G  
I'm taken my man to the graveyard and I ain't gonna bring him back 
           D7                   G  
He was my man but he done me wrong 
 
Bring round a thousand policemen 
Bring 'em around today 
    C                                                      G  
To lock me down in that dungeon cell and throw that key away 
           D7                    G  
I shot my man he was doing me wrong 
 
Now Frankie she said to the warden 
What are they going to do 
     C                                                       G  
The warden he said to Frankie it's the electric chair for you 
               D7                     G  
You shot your man he was doing you wrong 
 
Now this story has no moral 
This story has no end 
      C                                                     G  
This story just goes to show that there ain't no good in man 
            D7                    G  
He was her man but he done her wrong

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G                               Am  
I rode your ocean liner to Newfoundland 
         Em                         D7  
Where I made a living in an iron mine 
        C                            D7  
When I got my fill I went to Nova Scotia 
       A7                              D7  
And I fished the salty waters for a time 
 
         G                                      Am  
Passing through Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick 
         Em                                  D7  
I could see the rocks and cliffs of solid stone 
           C                                 D7  
Listening to the seagulls calling to each other 
                                        G  
Made me miss my darling and my distant home 
 
            Am       D7               G  
Canadian Pacific  carry me 3,000 miles 
                             C  
Through the valleys and the forests 
 D7                       G  
To the sunshine of her smile 
                                 Am  
Cross the plains and the rugged mountains 
 D7                             G  
Keep this wandering boy from harm 
          C         D7                     G  
Canadian Pacific take me to my baby's arms 
 
                                 Am  
The Atlantic disappeared on the horizon 
     Em                                   D7  
And Quebec lay waiting for me down the track 
       C                                    D7  
For a while I drove a truck to keep from starving 
    A7                      D7  
In Ontario I was a lumberjack 
 
     G                            Am  
Manitoba and Saskatchewan then followed 
           Em                                   D7  
Where the wheat fields and the old Red River flowed 
        C                                   D7  
In the quiet hours your whistling on the prairie 
                                      G  
Touched my heart and set my memories aglow 
 
                                             Am  
I could feel the nearness of her warm sweet kisses 
          Em                             D7  
When you rolled into Alberta westward bound 
          C                            D7  
I worked on an oil rig to make some money 
       A7                            D7  
For a ticket to the sweetest girl around 
 
 G                                        Am  
Pushing on past Lake Louise in all its splendor 
           Em                                D7  
Where the trees and Rockies touch the sky above 
       C                         D7  
I got to British Columbia and heaven 
                                         G  
On your track I made it back to my true love 
 
Repeat #3

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