Verse 1:

(C) I didn't have much money

(Am) I didn't have a car

(F) I just had my dreams

(G7) And an old guitar



(Em) Bummed a ride to Nashille

(Am) Tryin' to be a star

(F) How was I to know

(G7) I wouldn't get too far



Chorus:

(F) But that's the way things go

(Am) That's the way things are

(F) Singin' again in Texas

(G7) In a honky-tonk (C) bar



Instrumental



Verse 2:

(C) I took my dreams to Nashville

(Am) Thought I'd make a start

(F) But the dreams unravelled

(G7) And soon they fell apart



(Em) I played my songs on the corners

(Am) They never made the charts

(F) I met a girl from Knoxville

(G7) But she broke my heart



Chorus:

(F) But that's the way things go

(Am) That's the way things are

(F) Singin' again in Texas

(G7) In a honky-tonk (C) bar



Chorus:

(F) Well, that's the way things go

(Am) That's the way things are

(F) Singin' again in Texas

(G7) In a honky-tonk (C) bar