My elusive
dreams
E A - B7 E
1. You followed me to
Texas, you
followed me to Utah.
E A B7
we
didn't find it there so we moved on.
E A
- B7 E
You went with me to Alabam', things
looked good in Birmingham,
E A B7
we
didn't find it there so we moved on.
E
-
B7 E
I know you're tired of
following, my elusive dreams and schemes,
A
E - B7
E
- A
for
they're only fleeting things, my
elusive dreams.
E A - B7 E
2. You had my child in
Memphis, then I heard of work
in Nashville.
E A B7
we
didn't find it there, so we moved on.
E
A
B7 E
To a small farm in Nebraska,
to a gold mine in Alaska,
E A
B7 - C
we
couldn't find it there so we moved on.
F Bb - C F
3. And now we've left Alaska, because there was no gold mine.
F - Bb C
but
this time, only two of us moved
on.
F
Bb - C F
And now we have each other, and a little memory to cling to.
F
Bb C
and
still you won't let me go, go on alone.
F - C F
I know you're tired of
following, my elusive dreams and
schemes,
Bb F - C F
for
they're only fleeting things, my
elusive dreams.
Bb F - C Bb - F
for
they're only fleeting things, my
elusive dreams.
(orig. = capo 1st) (Charlie
Rich)