The Trail Took Me Away Chords by Dave Stamey

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_ I remember how [Bb] the wind burned my [F] face and [C] my hands
_ _ I remember how the [Bb] dust rose [F] so far above the [C]
land
_ _ _ I [F] remember how my [Bb] mama cried when I [C] saddled up to [Dm] go
_ _ _ _ My [Bb] father told [F] me, son, just be a [C]
man
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] have seen the trail of [Bb] life, a massive [F] _ swarm of black and [C] brown
_ _ _ _ With a mile wide of [F] nothing left _ behind it on the [C] ground _ _ _ _
[F] I've heard their mournful [Bb] bellow _ [F] and the rattle [Em] of [Dm] their horns _
_ _ [Bb] And night guards [F] singing songs to Mary [C] Ann
_ Oh, _ _ the trail _ [Bb] took _ [F] me away
The _ _ [C]
trail _ _ [Bb] took [Dm] me _ away
_ And [Bb] the _ years [F] that followed how I [C] cursed _ [D] that [Dm] day
_ _ That [Bb] the trail _ [C] _ took me [F] _
away
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
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Like [F] a drunkard with his bottle, no drug was quite [C] that strong
The _ _ _ [F] trail reached out and [Bb] hooked me, [F] drug me on for [C] so long
_ _ _ [F] I've ridden through them canyons [C] where the water never [Dm] _ flows
_ _ And [Bb] I've rolled my bed [F] upon the shifting [C] sand _
_ _ _ Oh, the trail [Bb] took _ [F] me away _ _
_ [C] The trail _ [Bb] _
took [D] me _ away
[Dm] _ And [Bb] the _ years [F] that followed [C] how I cursed _ [D] that day
_ [Dm] _
That [Bb] the trail _ [C] _ took me [F] away
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_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] Now I stand upon your [Bb] city streets [F] so bleary [C]-eyed and old
_ _ _ _ [F] With newsprint stuffed [Bb] inside my [F] shirt to keep away [C] the cold
_ _ And _ [F] even if I [Bb] could, _ [F] I would not change a [Dm] _ _ _ _ thing
Though [Bb] few of you will ever _ [C] _ _
understand
_ _ How the trail _
_ [Bb] took me [F] away _ _
_ _ [C] The trail _ _ [Bb]
took me [D] _ _ away
[Dm] _
And [Bb] the _ years that [F] followed how [C] I cursed [Dm] that _ _ _ day
That [Bb] the trail _ [C] took me [F] away
_ The _ _ trail _ [Bb] _ took me [D]
away
_ _ [Dm] _ [Bb] And the _ years [F] that followed how I [C] cursed [Dm] that _ day
_ That the [Bb] trail _ [C] took _ me [F] away
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