E B
Up on Main St, they built a highway
C#m A
Changed its name to Johnson Boulevard
E B
Up on Thursday down on Friday
C#m A
People ask me why are things so hard
E
Times been hard though
B C#m
From Laredo to San Jacinto
A B E B
And it’s a long way back home
E B
There’s an old train in a stock yard
C#m A
It’s like a graveyard of things come and gone
E B
And the wind moves on a gravestone
C#m
Where the names gone
A
And everybody knows
E
Times been hard though
B C#m
In Laredo to San Jacinto
A B E C#m
And it’s a long way back home
A E C#m
Sometimes you’re standing still
A E
And the wind just beats you down
C#m B
Oh and sometimes it’s just so hard
F# A B
to keep your two feet right there on the ground
Pedal Steel Solo - C#m A E 2x then C#m A E F# A B E
E
Mother’s faithful
B
She goes to church still
C#m
Prays on Sunday
A
And Mondays too
E
Father's somewhere
B
In the back field
C#m
Thinking out loud
A
That this ain'’t nothing new
E
Times been hard though
B C#m
From Laredo to San Jacinto
A B C#m
So why don’t we just go back home
A B A E B A Repeat 3x End on the E
Why don’t we just go back home