Tom: Dm F Bb F C F Bb F C [Verse 1] F Bb F C I remember how the wind burned, my-y face and my hands F Bb A C I remember how the dust rose, so-o far above the land F Bb F C Dm I remember how my momma cried when I-i saddled up to go... Bb F C My father told me "Son just be a man" [Verse 2] F Bb F C I have seen the trail alive, a massive swarm of black and brown F Bb F C With a mile-wide of nothing left be-hind it on the ground F Bb F C Dm I've heard their lonesome be-low, and the rattle of their horns... Bb F C And night guards singin' songs to Mary-Ann [Chorus] Bb F Bb Oh the trail, took me away F C Bb Dm The trail, took me away Bb F C Dm In the years that followed how I cursed that day... Bb C F That the trail, took me away [Interlude] Bb F C F Bb F C [Verse 3] F Bb F C Like a drunkard with his bottle, no drug was quite that strong F Bb F C The trail reached out and hooked me, drug me on for so-o long F Bb F C Dm I've ridden through them canyons, where the water never flows... F C and I've rolled my bed upon the shifting sands [Chorus] Bb F Bb Oh the trail, took me away F C Bb Dm The trail, took me away Bb F C Dm In the years that followed how I cursed that day... Bb C F That the trail, took me away [Interlude] Bb F C F Bb F C [Verse 4] F Bb F C Now I stand upon your city streets so-o bleary-eyed and old F Bb F C (With) Newsprint stuffed in-side my shirt, to keep away the cold F Bb F Dm (E)-Even if I could, I would not change a thing... Bb F C Though few of you would e...ver understand [Chorus] Bb F Bb How the trail, took me away F C Bb Dm The trail, took me away Bb F C Dm In the years that followed how I cursed that day... Bb C F That the trail, took me away [Coda] F Bb Dm The trail, took me away Bb F C Dm In the years that followed how I cursed that day... Bb C F That the trail, took me away [Outro] Bb F C F Bb F C (strum C) G F