F

No -

vember

came

and

went

like

a

Bb

su -

u -

u -

mer

that

I

spent

with a

C FOUR_MAJOR

no -

name

girl

that

walked

in

jelly

shoes

F

F

I re -

turned

to my

home

with a

Bb

heart

part

made

of

stone

and I

C FOUR_MAJOR

cried

all

night

for a

girl

I

never

knew

F

F

fr -

om

east

it

comes

her

Bb

love

___

and

the

risin'

sun

C FOUR_MAJOR

pray

each

time

they

come

it's

not the

last

F

F

you

see

I've

got -

ten

strong

Bb

I've

made it

thr -

ough

what

came

along

but I

C FOUR_MAJOR

can't

move

on

for

the beau -

ty of the

past

F

(oh, no)

(I say)

F

came

across

a

pretty

girl

for a -

Bb

bout

a

month

she

was

my

world

and I

C FOUR_MAJOR

held

her

hand

and

swore

we'd

never

part

F

I

F

moved

on

she

stayed

be -

hind

I

Bb

said

I'd

call

she said

she'd

write

C FOUR_MAJOR

we

lost

touch

the

mom -

ment

I drove

off

F

F

I left

town

like a

gamb -

ler

with

the sen -

Bb

se

of

cash -

in'

all

the

chips

C FOUR_MAJOR

before

I

lost

them

all

on a

bad

deal

F

I

F

made

be -

lieve

I was

in a

race

drove

Bb

ten -

thou -

sand

miles in

seven

days

C FOUR_MAJOR

while

writing a

book

called

"Be -

ing a

Free

Man"

F

F

met

more

people

than the

pres -

i -

dent

the

Bb

good

times

came

and the

good

times

went

and I

C FOUR_MAJOR

learned

how

to

ig -

nore

my

hunger

F

pains

I

F

looked

ahead

to

the

open

road

Bb

thought

about the

people

and

what

they

know

and

C FOUR_MAJOR

wrote

a

book

called

"People

Don't

Know

Nothin' "

F

(no matter what they tell ya)

F

once

I

spent

my

last

dime

and

Bb

counted

the

ratio

of

miles

to

time

I

C FOUR_MAJOR

looked

up

to my

disdain

and my

surprise

F

F

I had

driven

my

car

around the

world

and

Bb

ended

back

in the

town

with the

girl

so I

C FOUR_MAJOR

wrote

a

book

called

"Life

in

Prison"

F

(Volume 1!)

F

I see

that

girl

every

now and

then

and we

Bb

drink

to

havin'

such

good

friends

and

C FOUR_MAJOR

apologize

for

the

way it

did

not

last

F

F

funny

thing

___

that it's

all

true

and I'll

Bb

always

love

Nov -

ember

Blue

but I

C FOUR_MAJOR

turned

her

down

for the

beauty

of the

past

F

(turned her down now)

F

No -

vember

came

and

went

like

a

Bb

su -

u -

mmer

that I

spent

with

a

C FOUR_MAJOR

no -

name

girl

that

walked

in

jelly

shoes

F

F

I re -

turned

to my

home

with a

Bb

heart

part

made

of

stone

and I

C FOUR_MAJOR

N.C.

C FOUR_MAJOR

cried

all

night

for

a

girl

I

N.C.

F

never

knew

F

F

F

F

F