C           
riding in planes and hailing cabs
F                    C
i been on the road so long
C               F        Am
looking for the sunshine everyday
D7                   G
that i've been missing so long

C
two blocks over and one street across
F                  C
uptown round and down
C
there must be someone a hiding out somewhere
G              C
someplace i ain't found

C
annie, orphan annie
         F                      G
are your nashville nights still warm?
Am
somewhere in the west of town
         D7          G
there's a comin up a storm
F                       C
are your rivers dark and muddy
G                       C
where the green swamp willows grow
C        G         Am      F
nine more days and i'll be home
G              C
back in off the road

C
a picking and a grinning and a playing the games
F                 C
a-listen to what i say
   C          F      Am
i wish i was down in nashville town
D7                G 
about fifth and broadway

C
where the cumberland rows, the soft breeze blows
F                       C
and home it ain't far away
C
but here i sit in new york city
       G                 C
just a-hanging out every day

C
annie, orphan annie
         F                      G
are your nashville nights still warm?
Am
somewhere in the west of town
         D7          G
there's a comin up a storm
F                       C
are your rivers dark and muddy
G                       C
where the green swamp willows grow
C        G         Am      F
nine more days and i'll be home
G              C
back in off the road
C
annie, orphan annie
         F                      G
are your nashville nights still warm?
Am
somewhere in the west of town
         D7          G
there's a comin up a storm
F                       C
are your rivers dark and muddy
G                       C
where the green swamp willows grow
C        G         Am      F
nine more days and i'll be home
G              C
back in off the road
C        G         Am      F
nine more days and i'll be home
G              C
back in off the road