Year: 1968 -
Written by Jimmy Webb
Intro: Gmaj7 Cmaj7 Gmaj7 Cmaj7
Am7 Gmaj7
By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising
Am7 Gmaj7
She'll find the note I left hanging, on her door
Cmaj7 D7 Bm7 Em7
She'll laugh when she reads the part, that say I'm leaving
Am7 F D7
Cause I've left that girl, so many times before
Am7 Gmaj7
By the time I make Albuquerque, she'll be working
Am7 Gmaj7
She'll probably stop at lunch and give me a call
Cmaj7 D7 Bm7 Em7
But she'll hear that empty phone, keep on ringing
Am7 F D7
Off the wall, that's all
Am7 Gmaj7
By the time I make Oklahoma, she'll be sleeping
Am7 Gmaj7
She'll turn softly and call my name out low
Cmaj7 D7 Bm7 Em7
And she'll cry to think, that I'd really leave her
Am7 D7 Gmaj7
But time and time, I've tried to tell her so
Cmaj7 Am7 B7 Emaj7
She just didn't know, that I would really go...
Final: Dmaj7 Emaj7 Dmaj7 Emaj7
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