Chords with lyrics
Top of the charts in 1967-'68.
#1.
C majorC FF G+G C majorC
I followed you to Texas, I followed you to Utah.
FF G+G
We didn't find it there so we moved on.
C majorC FF G+G C majorC
I followed you to Alabam', things looked good in Birmingham.
FF G+G
We didn't find it there so we moved on.
CHORUS:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC
I know you're tired of following, my elusive dreams and schemes.
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
For they're only fleeting things, my elusive dreams.
#2.
C majorC FF G+G C majorC
I had your child in Memphis, you heard of work in Nashville.
FF G+G
We didn't find it there, so we moved on..
C majorC FF G+G C majorC
To a small farm in Nebraska, to a gold mine in Alaska.
FF G+G
We couldn't find it there so we moved on.
#3.
C majorC FF G+G C majorC
And now we've left Alaska, because there was no gold mine.
FF G+G
But this time, only two of us move on.
C majorC FF G+G C majorC
And now we have each other...And a little memory to cling to.
FF G+G
And still you won't let me go on alone.
CHORUS:
C majorC FF G+G C majorC
I know you're tired of following, my elusive dreams and schemes.
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
For they're only fleeting things...my elusive dreams.
ADD:
FF C majorC G+G C majorC
For they're only fleeting things...my elusive dreams.