I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound — Tom Paxton
Chords and lyrics for I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound by Tom Paxton (key of C).
Verse 1
It’s a [C]long and a dusty road,
it’s a [F]hot and a [Am]heavy [Dm]load,
and the [G7]folks I meet ain’t always [C]kind
Some are bad and some are good
Some have [F]done the [Am]best they [Dm]could
Some have [G7]tried to ease my troublin' [C]mind
Chorus
And I [Dm]can’t help but [G7]wonder where I’m [C]bound,
[Em]where I’m [Am]bound; [Dm] can’t help but [G7]wonder where I’m [C]bound
Verse 2
I have [C]wandered through this land,
just [F]a-doin' the [Am]best I [Dm]can,
tryin' to [G7]find what I was meant to [C]do
And the people that I see look as [F]worried [Am]as can [Dm]be,
and it [G7]looks like they are a-wonderin' [C]too
Chorus
So I [Dm]can’t help but [G7]wonder where I’m [C]bound,
[Em]where I’m [Am]bound; [Dm] can’t help but [G7]wonder where I’m [C]bound
[Dm] [G] [C] [Em] [Am] [Dm] [G] [C]
Verse 3
Oh, I [C]had a little girl one time,
she had [F]lips like a [Am]sherry [Dm]wine,
and she [G7]loved me til my head went plumb [C]insane,
But I was too blind to see,
she was [F]driftin' [Am]away from [Dm]me,
and my good [G7]gal went off on the mornin [C]train
Chorus
Now I [Dm]can’t help but [G7]wonder where I’m [C]bound,
[Em]where I’m [Am]bound; [Dm] can’t help but [G7]wonder where I’m [C]bound
Verse 4
If you [C]see me passin’ by and you [F]stop and you [Am]wonder [Dm]why,
and you [G7]wish that you were a rambler [C]too,
Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor
Lace ‘em [F]up and [Am]bar the [Dm]door
Thank your [G7]stars for the roof that’s over [C]you
Chorus
‘cause I [Dm]can’t help but [G7]wonder where I’m [C]bound,
[Em]where I’m [Am]bound; [Dm]can’t help but [G7]wonder where I’m [C]bound
[Dm] [G] [C] [Em] [Am] [Dm] [G] [C]
Verse 5
And I [C]had a buddy back home but he [F]started [Am]out to [Dm]roam
And I [G7]hear he's out by Frisco [C]Bay.
And sometimes when I've had a few,
his old [F]voice comes [Am]singin' [Dm]through
And I'm [G7]goin' out to see him some old [C]day.
Chorus
‘cause I [Dm]can’t help but [G7]wonder where I’m [C]bound,
[Em]where I’m [Am]bound; [Dm]can’t help but [G7]wonder where I’m [C]bound
Outro
[Dm] [G] [C] [Em] [Am] [Dm] [G] [C]
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