(Bb) (C)  (D)  (Bb)  (C)  (D) 
 
The (D)streets are paved with tourists 
And the (G)record company flourshed 
(C)Lord knows every singer wants to be the (D)king 
But some of'em couldn't take it 
(G)And some good ones didn't make it 
(C)That's the way it goes (G)on the Nashville (D)scene 
 
(D)Now there's a whino on the corner 
He was a (G)well known guitar picker 
(C)Till he got burned out by the (D)game 
Now he'll bum you for some whiskey 
And (G)tell ya how it was 
(C)Back in 52 (G)when he played for(D) Hank 
 
And (C)I'm watchin' the (G)sun go down this (D)evenin' 
And (C)soon it'll wake this (G)town that's made on (D)dreams 
But (C)before it does a (G)new star will be (Bb)shinin' 
That's the way (C)it is on the Nashville (D)scene 
 
From the (D)outside it;s a castle 
From the (G)inside its a prison 
Its(C) easy to live way beyond your (D)means 
And it's a long long way to the top 
And even (G)further when you drop 
And (C)I've been on both(G) ends of the Nashville (D)scene 
 
And (C)I'm watchin' the (G)sun go down this (D)evenin' 
And (C)soon it'll wake this(G) town that's made on(D) dreams 
But(C) before it does a(G) new star will be (Bb)shinin' 
(C)Lightin' up the Nashville (D)scene 
 
Yeah and I'm (C)standin here as the (G)sun goes down this (D)evenin' 
And (C)soon it'll wake this (G)town that's made on (D)dreams 
But (C)before it does a (G)new star will be (Bb)shinin' 
Lightin'(C) up the Nashville (D)scene 
  
Lightin'(C) up the ole Nashville (D)scene