C                            F 
I sold out and it's time for leavin' 

  C                                       G7 
I cleaned out my desk and it's all packed away 

C                  F 
No man is ever too old to start over 

      C         G7         C 
But I feel like an old man today 



C                        F 
And I said goodbye to my partner 

    C                                    G7 
Goodbye to the cowhands who worked the J 8 

C                      F 
Molly you're ready but give me a moment 

     C            G7          C   C7 
I've just one goodbye left to say 



F          G7      Am 
Goodbye to my Palo Duro  
  
F                           C         G7 
Goodbye to your ranges that I love so true 

Am 
Goodbye to your river your bright painted canyons 

     C        G7          Am 
I'll never do better than you 

     C        G7          C 
I'll never do better than you 



C                        F 
Like the buffalo and the Comanche 

   C                               G7 
My farewell is neither fair nor complete 

C                       F 
If leaving is dying the nature of parting 

     C              G7          C 
Is a damn site more sorrow than sweet 



C                          F 
In the labor and love of a life time 

       C                                       G7 
What's right and what's wrong are confusing to me 

C                            F 
If I take the credit for the things that she is 

     C                      G7               C   C7 
I'll take the blame for the things she might be 



F          G7      Am 
Goodbye to my Palo Duro 
   
F                           C         G7 
Goodbye to your ranges that I love so true 

Am 
Goodbye to your river your bright painted canyons 

     C        G7          Am 
I'll never do better than you 

     C        G7          C 
I'll never do better than you