C
I left New York
   F              C
In nineteen forty-nine
   G             C
To go across the country
          F          C
Without a dad-blamed dime
G  C           F          C
Montana in the cold, cold fall
G        C           F  G     C
Found my father in a gambling hall


F      C
Father father
G              C
Where have you been
     F               C
I've been out in the world
            G    C
Since I was only ten
F      C
Father father
G              C
Where have you been
     F               C
I've been out in the world
            G    C
Since I was only ten

      F           C
Don't worry about me
F        G      C
About to die of pleurisy

F
Cross the Mississippi
C
Cross the Tennessee
G
Cross the Niobrara
F               C
Home I'll never be
F
Home in old Medora
C
Home in ol' Truckee
G
Apalachicola
F               C
Home I'll never be

    F             C
For better or for worse
   G         C
Or thick and thin
F          C              G      F C
Like being married to the little woman
F      C
God he loves me
       G    C
Like I love him
  F           C
I want you to do
         G        C
Just the same for him

F       C
Well the worms eat away
        F    G          C
But the worrywarts will win
     F         C
So I left Montana
      G           C
On an old freight train
    F        C
The night my father died
       F     G    C
In the cold, cold rain

F
Road to Opelousas
C
Road to Wounded Knee
G
Road to Ogallala
F               C
Home I'll never be
F
Road to Oklahoma
C
Road to El Cajon
G
Road to ol' Tehatchapi
F           C
Road to San Antone

Hey hey

F
Road to Opelousas
C
Road to Wounded Knee
G
Road to Ogallala
F               C
Home I'll never be
F
Road to Oklahoma
C
Road to El Cajon
G
Road to ol' Tehatchapi
F           C
Road to San Antone