Verse 1:
(C) I didn't have much money
(Am) I didn't have a car
(F) I just had my dreams

(G7) And an old guitar

(Em) Bummed a ride to Nashille
(Am) Tryin' to be a star
(F) How was I to know
(G7) I wouldn't get too far

Chorus:
(F) But that's the way things go
(Am) That's the way things are
(F) Singin' again in Texas
(G7) In a honky-tonk (C) bar

Instrumental

Verse 2:
(C) I took my dreams to Nashville
(Am) Thought I'd make a start
(F) But the dreams unravelled
(G7) And soon they fell apart

(Em) I played my songs on the corners
(Am) They never made the charts
(F) I met a girl from Knoxville
(G7) But she broke my heart

Chorus:
(F) But that's the way things go
(Am) That's the way things are
(F) Singin' again in Texas
(G7) In a honky-tonk (C) bar

Chorus:
(F) Well, that's the way things go
(Am) That's the way things are
(F) Singin' again in Texas
(G7) In a honky-tonk (C) bar