Tom: C
C G F Am Am7/G F C G
C G F Am Am7/G F C G
[VERSE 1]
C G
Well a town's a town when you're upside down,
F Am Am7/G F
Lay your bones on a bed, it's that easy
G C G
To have a kind of home
C G
Where the money goes I know too well
F Am Am7/G F
Spreads out like the jobs I've worked so many
C G
Hard days don't seem to end
[PD-C HORUS 1]
Am Em F C
Well I'm wasting time, wasting time
F C G
And I only know one way to go to start again
[CHORUS]
C G
Let it roll, let it roll
Am Em
Down the banks of the Ohio
F C
When you can't rely on what you make
F G
To pay the rent on time
C G
So I'm goin' away,
Am Em
Down to the Fort Defy-o
F C G
Oh way down there in Cairo, IL
C
I'm gonna stay
[FIDDLE BDA K]
(C) G F Am Am7/G F C G
[VERSE 2]
C G
Now what do you say when the bottom falls out,
F Am Am7/G F
Try to make amends with anybody
G C G
That ever caused you pain
C G
It's no fault of mine that it should end this way
F Am Am7/G F
And I wont' apologize to anybody
C G
For a thing that I can't change
[PD-C HORUS 2]
Am Em F C
See I'm used to bein' alone, used to bein' alone,
F C G
See it's the only way that I know how to get to where I'm goin',
[CHORUS]
C G
Let it roll, let it roll
Am Em
Down the banks of the Ohio
F C
When you can't rely on what you make
F G
To pay the rent on time
C G
So I'm goin' away,
Am Em
Down to the Fort Defy-o
F C G
Oh way down there in Cairo, IL
C
I'm gonna stay
[FIDDLE BDA K]
C G F Am Am7/G F C G
C G F Am Am7/G F C G
[PD-C HORUS 3]
Am Em F C
Woah Cairo, you build your levies tall,
F C
I want to sit beside the water
G
And forget about it all.
[CHORUS]
C G
Let it roll, let it roll
Am Em
Down the banks of the Ohio
F C
When you can't rely on what you make
F G
To pay the rent on time
C G
So I'm goin' away,
Am Em
Down to the Fort Defy-o
F C G
Oh way down there in Cairo, IL
F
I'm gonna stay
