Abilene    (video)

 

    F ~ ~

 

F                 - A                 - Bb                          F

    Abilene,         Abilene,           prettiest town I’ve ever seen.

G                                  C7                             F      Bb       F       - C7

    women there don’t treat you mean, in Abilene, my Abilene.

 

   F               - A                          - Bb                              - F

1.  I sit alone     most every night,     watch those trains      roll out of sight,

G                                      C7                           F         - Bb            F     - C

    don’t I wish they were carrying me back to Abilene,     my Abilene?

 

+  CHORUS

 

+  instrumental = verse 1

 

   F                          - A                           - Bb                    - F

2.    Crowded city,       ain’t nothing free,      nothin in this     town for me,

G                                  C7                       F         Bb   F            - C

    wish to the Lord that I could be in Abilene, sweet Abilene.

 

F                 - A                 - Bb                          F

    Abilene,         Abilene,           prettiest town I’ve ever seen.

G                                  C7                             F      Bb       F

    women there don’t treat you mean, in Abilene, my Abilene.

 

   G                                  C7                             F      Bb       F

+    Women there don’t treat you mean, in Abilene, my Abilene.

 

    (George Hamilton IV)