Chords for Kenny Rogers - Tomb of the Unknown Love
Tempo:
99.7 bpm
Chords used:
F#
G
C#
B
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
One time I drove to see a girl across the country
One night as I was driving through New [F#] Mexico
I had the windows wide open, it was cold and I was crying
And I later [C#] let her on the radio
Then I stopped outside of Tahoe's in this tiny mining town
Had a diner to refill for the ride
And in the wind I heard this crying like a hard broke Friday too
I turned my collar up and went inside
Where I saw this smiling waitress joshing friendly with these truckers
They'd give her pats and she'd give them shoves
I said, Miss, what's that awful crying?
Everybody laughed and said, it's the tomb of the unknown love
And then [B] they pointed out the window to [F#] the stone
All by [B] itself beneath the tree beside [F#] a hill
And on [B] that window I read these [F#] words alone
[C#] These words that are haunting me still
[F#] Said, here lies a young man struck down in his prime
By the awesome burning power of love
He couldn't stand his true love cheating, so he shot that girl down
They hung him from that tree up above
I know [C#] that a local folk [G#] say it's the wind
[C#] I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown [F#] love
So [G] I drove on to my destination
I did the job my heart commanded of me
And when the sheriff's sirens came I didn't even try to fight
They counted ten, I came out at three
So now I guess tomorrow morning
Warden reads some kind of papers
How I'm gonna pay the state for what I've done
Hey, they'll put the shackles on me and we'll take a little walk
They won't have to drag me cause it's said and done
And maybe [C] someday they can put me up [G] to storm
All by [C] itself beneath the tree beside [G] the hill
And lovers [C] everywhere can come and read [G] along
[D] These words that will give them a chill
And it'll [G] say, here lies a young man struck down in his prime
By the awesome burning power of love
He couldn't stand his true love cheating so he shot the girl down
They hung him from that tree right above
I know [D] that a local folk say it's the wind
But I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown [G] love
[N]
One night as I was driving through New [F#] Mexico
I had the windows wide open, it was cold and I was crying
And I later [C#] let her on the radio
Then I stopped outside of Tahoe's in this tiny mining town
Had a diner to refill for the ride
And in the wind I heard this crying like a hard broke Friday too
I turned my collar up and went inside
Where I saw this smiling waitress joshing friendly with these truckers
They'd give her pats and she'd give them shoves
I said, Miss, what's that awful crying?
Everybody laughed and said, it's the tomb of the unknown love
And then [B] they pointed out the window to [F#] the stone
All by [B] itself beneath the tree beside [F#] a hill
And on [B] that window I read these [F#] words alone
[C#] These words that are haunting me still
[F#] Said, here lies a young man struck down in his prime
By the awesome burning power of love
He couldn't stand his true love cheating, so he shot that girl down
They hung him from that tree up above
I know [C#] that a local folk [G#] say it's the wind
[C#] I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown [F#] love
So [G] I drove on to my destination
I did the job my heart commanded of me
And when the sheriff's sirens came I didn't even try to fight
They counted ten, I came out at three
So now I guess tomorrow morning
Warden reads some kind of papers
How I'm gonna pay the state for what I've done
Hey, they'll put the shackles on me and we'll take a little walk
They won't have to drag me cause it's said and done
And maybe [C] someday they can put me up [G] to storm
All by [C] itself beneath the tree beside [G] the hill
And lovers [C] everywhere can come and read [G] along
[D] These words that will give them a chill
And it'll [G] say, here lies a young man struck down in his prime
By the awesome burning power of love
He couldn't stand his true love cheating so he shot the girl down
They hung him from that tree right above
I know [D] that a local folk say it's the wind
But I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown [G] love
[N]
Key:
F#
G
C#
B
C
F#
G
C#
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_ _ _ One time I drove to see a girl across the country
One night as I was driving through New [F#] Mexico
_ I had the windows wide open, it was cold and I was crying
And I later [C#] let her on the radio
_ Then I stopped outside of Tahoe's in this tiny mining town
Had a diner to refill for the ride
And in the wind I heard this crying like a hard broke Friday too
I turned my collar up and went inside
Where I saw this smiling waitress joshing friendly with these truckers
They'd give her pats and she'd give them shoves
I said, Miss, what's that awful crying?
Everybody laughed and said, it's the tomb of the unknown love
_ And then [B] they pointed out the window to [F#] the stone
All by [B] itself beneath the tree beside [F#] a hill
And on [B] that window I read these [F#] words alone
_ _ [C#] These words that are haunting me still
_ _ [F#] Said, here lies a young man struck down in his prime
By the awesome burning power of love
_ He couldn't stand his true love cheating, so he shot that girl down
They hung him from that tree up above
_ I know [C#] that a local folk [G#] say it's the wind
[C#] I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown [F#] love _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So [G] I drove on to my destination _
I did the job my heart commanded of me _
And when the sheriff's sirens came I didn't even try to fight
They counted ten, I came out at three
So now I guess tomorrow morning
Warden reads some kind of papers
How I'm gonna pay the state for what I've done
Hey, they'll put the shackles on me and we'll take a little walk
They won't have to drag me cause it's said and done
And maybe [C] someday they can put me up [G] to storm
All by [C] itself beneath the tree beside [G] the hill _
And lovers [C] everywhere can come and read [G] along _
[D] These words that will give them a chill
And it'll [G] say, here lies a young man struck down in his prime
By the awesome burning power of love
He couldn't stand his true love cheating so he shot the girl down
They hung him from that tree right above
I know [D] that a local folk say it's the wind
But I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown [G] love _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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_ _ _ One time I drove to see a girl across the country
One night as I was driving through New [F#] Mexico
_ I had the windows wide open, it was cold and I was crying
And I later [C#] let her on the radio
_ Then I stopped outside of Tahoe's in this tiny mining town
Had a diner to refill for the ride
And in the wind I heard this crying like a hard broke Friday too
I turned my collar up and went inside
Where I saw this smiling waitress joshing friendly with these truckers
They'd give her pats and she'd give them shoves
I said, Miss, what's that awful crying?
Everybody laughed and said, it's the tomb of the unknown love
_ And then [B] they pointed out the window to [F#] the stone
All by [B] itself beneath the tree beside [F#] a hill
And on [B] that window I read these [F#] words alone
_ _ [C#] These words that are haunting me still
_ _ [F#] Said, here lies a young man struck down in his prime
By the awesome burning power of love
_ He couldn't stand his true love cheating, so he shot that girl down
They hung him from that tree up above
_ I know [C#] that a local folk [G#] say it's the wind
[C#] I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown [F#] love _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
So [G] I drove on to my destination _
I did the job my heart commanded of me _
And when the sheriff's sirens came I didn't even try to fight
They counted ten, I came out at three
So now I guess tomorrow morning
Warden reads some kind of papers
How I'm gonna pay the state for what I've done
Hey, they'll put the shackles on me and we'll take a little walk
They won't have to drag me cause it's said and done
And maybe [C] someday they can put me up [G] to storm
All by [C] itself beneath the tree beside [G] the hill _
And lovers [C] everywhere can come and read [G] along _
[D] These words that will give them a chill
And it'll [G] say, here lies a young man struck down in his prime
By the awesome burning power of love
He couldn't stand his true love cheating so he shot the girl down
They hung him from that tree right above
I know [D] that a local folk say it's the wind
But I know it's crying from the tomb of the unknown [G] love _ _
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