C               Dm
In Reno town for a few dollars down
        G
You can buy yourself
       C
a sepa-ration


[Verse]
G            C                                              Dm
And say good-bye to the love and the life that we shared to-gether
G                                       C
Sign it away with the stroke of a hotel pen
C                                              Dm
All of the dreams that we had will be gone for-ever
Dm                    G
I can't believe we're through
Dm                 G7
I won't give up on you


[Chorus]
C
  How can I stand aside
C7            F
  And watch a good love die
G                               C            Gm
  Don't go down to Reno, stay a-nother night
C
  One night and you may find
C7              F
  I'll make you change your mind
G                               C
  Don't go down to Reno, stay a little bit longer


[Instrumental]
G G G7 C


[Verse]
C                                           Dm
Try to remember the day when the bells were chiming
G                                                 C
Picture the clothes that I wore and I know you'll smile
C                                                  Dm
Think of the nights when we knew that our star was climbing
Dm                   G
I can't throw that a-way
Dm                   G7
I've got to make you stay


[Chorus]
C
  How can I stand aside
C7            F
  And watch a good love die
G                               C            Gm
  Don't go down to Reno, stay a-nother night
C
  One night and you may find
C7              F
  I'll make you change your mind
G                               C
  Don't go down to Reno, stay a little bit longer


[Instrumental]
G G7


[Outro]
C
  ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, oh-oh-oh
C7         F
  ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
G                               C            Gm
  Don't go down to Reno, stay a-nother night
C
  ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, oh-oh-oh
C7         F
  ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
G                               C                 Gm
  Don't go down to Reno, stay a little bit longer
C
  ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah, oh-oh-oh (fade-out)