[Intro ]
(C)   (F)   (G) 
(C)   (F)   (G) 
   
(C) Standin' on the (F) side of the (G) Highway 4 (C) exit          
Lady in a (F) tie-dye with a (G) bag by her (C) side   
Not really (F) lookin' like (G) anything (C) special     
Saw Tennessee (F) tags and she (G) waved for a (C) ride 
 
Sat right be(F)side me as the (G) 'meter hit (C) sixty 
'Splainin' her (F) travels and her (G) family back(C)ground 
When she got (F) through, I could (G) not help but (C) thinkin' 
She's a long way from the (F) West Nashville (G) Grand Ballroom (C) Gown 
     
(G) Father had money and her (D) mother had (G) love      
Channeled entirely to her (D) dear sister (G) Dove                         
Twenty-two years in so(D)ciety's (G) plan                                        
Was cancelled with a swing of her (F) dear mother's (D) hand 
 
(C) Six hours (F) later, we (G) hit Cincina(C)tti 
Yawnin' she (F) woke and then (G) asked where we (C) were 
When she found (F) out, she said, (G) "I must be (C) goin'" 
This close to (F) Nashville was (G) too close for (C) her 
 
So I stopped by the (F) roadside and I (G) gave her five (C) dollars 
She took it then (F) kissed me and (G) gave me a (C) note 
She told me just to (F) read it and (G) mail it to (C) Nashville 
On old looseleaf (F) paper to her (G) mother she (C) wrote: 
 
She said: (G) Mama, I'm fine, if you (D) happen to (G) wonder 
I don't have much money but I (D) still get a(G)round 
I haven't made church in near (D) thirty-six (G) Sundays 
So fuck all those West Nashville (F) Grand ballroom (D) Gowns 
She's a long way from the West Nashville (F) Grand Ballroom (G) Gown