When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back — Confederate Railroad
Chords and lyrics for When You Leave That Way You Can Never Go Back by Confederate Railroad (key of D).
Intro
[D] [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4]
Verse 1
[D] I remember[Dsus4] waking in the[D] [Dsus4]morning, [D] to the[Dsus4] sound of the rooster's[A] crow
[Asus4] [A]
Mamma [Asus4]cooking in the[A] [Asus4]kitchen, [A] Arthur[Asus4] Godfrey on the [D][Dsus4]radio[D]
Me and[Dsus4] Dad were just like[D] [Dsus4]strangers, [D] we never[Dsus4] did see eye to[A] eye[Asus4]
[A]
Came to[Asus4] blows one Sunday[A] [Asus4]morning, [A] so I packed my bags and I[Asus4] said
[D][F][G]goodbye[D]
Chorus
When you leave that way you can never go[Em] back
[A] A train won't run on a torn up[D] track
Sometimes I wish I'd never[G] roamed,[D] oh[Em] no
[A] 'cause when you leave that way you can never go[D] [Dsus4]home[D]
Verse 2
Then I met a girl in[D] [Dsus4]Knoxville, [D] oh, we set our wedding[A] [Asus4]day[A]
I left her standing at the[A] [Asus4]alter, [A] with a[Asus4] baby on the[D] [Dsus4]way[D]
Chorus
When you leave that way you can never go[Em] back
[A] A train won't run on a torn up[D] track
Sometimes I wish I'd never[G] roamed,[D] oh[Em] no
[A] 'cause when you leave that way you can never go[D] home
Bridge
[G] Lord I'd love to[A] see my mom and[D] daddy
And[G] what I'd give to[A] hold that boy of[Bm] mine
I'd[G] get down on my[A] knees and say I'm[D] sorry
If[E] I could only go back one more[A] time[D]
Verse 3
But I[Dsus4] killed a man in[D] [Dsus4]Houston, [D] when he[Dsus4] caught me with his[A] wife[Asus4]
[A]
[A] And I told the[Asus4] preacher man to[A] leave me [Asus4]alone[A]
When he[Asus4] came to read my[D] [Dsus4]rights, He said [D]son,
Chorus
When you leave this way you can never come[Em] back
[A] A soul won't roll on a torn up[D] track
All through eternity you'll[G] [D]roam [Em]alone
[A] 'cause when you leave this way you can never come[D] home
Tag
All through eternity you'll[G] [D]roam [Em]alone
[A] 'cause when you leave this way you can never come[Bm] home
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