verse 1
D
Well I never asked
Bm
To be born, no
G A
But I carry on with my sad old song
D
Just like the year before
D
And when I pray
Bm
Lord it’s for freedom
G A
To come and carry me on broken dreams
D
To a world worth a livin in
G Fm7
Said kid I feel like I’m going nowhere
Bm G
and I been beaten down like a rusted railroad spike
G D Bm
Said oh this town’s full of liars and lord I’ve been defeated
G
But you stay here kid
A D
And you keep this town alive 
verse 2
D
Well I try to be
Bm
A sincere man
G A
Someone to hold when life’s control
D
Falls out your hands
D
But lord I know
Bm
I’ve let you down
G A
I’ll always walk away at the same slow pace
D
Starin at the ground
G Fm7
Said kid I feel like I’m going nowhere
Bm G
and I been beaten down like a rusted railroad spike
G D Bm
Said oh this town’s full of liars and lord I’ve been defeated
G
But you stay here kid
A D
And you keep this town alive
verse 3
D
And the big bright lights
Bm
Down in music city
G A
Fall incomplete it’s what’s in the street
D
That gave music meaning
D
So as for me,
Bm
Lord I’ll take em or leave em
G A
No masquerade or funeral parade
D
For some rich guy’s children
G Fm7
Said kid I feel like I’m going nowhere
Bm G
and I been beaten down like a rusted railroad spike
G D Bm
Said oh this town’s full of actors and I guess I'm leavin'
G
But you stay here kid
A D
And you keep this town alive
Full
key step up
Half
key step up
Half
key step down
Full
key step down
