Capo II C G When I was just a kid out in the midwest Am Am7/G F I grew my hair as long as it could go C G Farm boys got down in the dirt and wrestled Am Am7/G F Top soil blew as far as Ohio (F) C Bought our records up at the hardware G G/G# Am Am7/G Spent every last dime on rock and roll F G C C/E But on the radio it was Merle and Hank and Johnny F G C G/Cs4 Buck Owens, Jimmy Rogers and George Jones Well I grew up and I drifted from the midwest Seen London, New York and Montreal Music that I listened to had drum machines We rocked as they kicked down the Berlin Wall But my younger years sometimes felt like someone else's Every now and then I hear it wafting in low On the radio is Merle and Hank and Johnny Buck Owens, Jimmy Rogers and George Jones F C Silver wings I'm so lonesome I could cry G G/G# AmAm7/G Stuck in Folsom Prison without you F C C/A Tiger by the tail, 'T' for Texas Dm G G/E(3x2003) G/F (xx3003) Blue must be the color of the blues Now I stay in the sunny skies of California Don't know where the days or time have flown When I look in to the mirror don't know where that kid has gone Even now I've got a young one of my own Now I wonder what's the music she'll hold inside her heart Cartoon kids they all sing rock and roll But I'll make sure she hears Merle and Hank and Johnny Buck Owens, Jimmy Rogers and George Jones Silver wings I'm so lonesome I could cry Stuck in Folsom Prison without you Tiger by the tail, 'T' for Texas Blue must be the color of the blues Blue must be the color of the blues