C          E7         F                C  
Abilene  Abilene  prettiest town I've ever seen 
 D7                        G7               C      F   C  
Women there don't treat you mean in Abilene  my Abilene 
  
             E7  
I sat alone most every night  
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Watch the trains pull out of sight 
 D7                       G7  
Don't I wish they were carrying me back  
    C          F       C  
To Abilene  my Abilene 
  
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              E7  
Crowded city there ain't nothing free  
 F                 C  
Nothing in this town for me 
 D7                        G7  
Wish to the Lord that I could be back  
       C       F          C  
In Abilene  sweet Abilene 
  
repeat #1