D   G D   D G   D G   D

[Verse 1]
D
If today was not an endless highway
D
If tonight was not a crooked trail
     G                    D
If tomorrow wasn't such a long time
     G                   A                 D
then lonesome would mean nothing to you at all

[Chorus]
D      G          A                D
Ah but only if my own true love is waitin'
           G                A              D
Yes and if I could hear her heart a softly poundin'
G                      D
only if she were lying by me
        G          A         D
would I rest in my bed once again

[Verse 2]
D
I can't see my reflection in the mirror
D
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain
        G                     D
I can't hear the echoes of my footsteps
    G                  A               D
and can't remember the sound of my own name

[Chorus]
D      G          A                D
Ah but only if my own true love is waitin'
           G                A              D
Yes and if I could hear her heart a softly poundin'
G                      D
only if she were lying by me
        G          A         D
would I rest in my bed once again

[Fiddle Solo]
Em  D  Em  D  Em  D  G  D

[Verse 3]
D
There's beauty in the silver singin' river
D
There's beauty in the sunlight in the sky
            G
But none of these, and nothing else
              D
can steal the beauty
         G            A           D
that I remember in my true love's eyes

[Chorus]
D      G          A                D
Ah but only if my own true love is waitin'
           G                A              D
Yes and if I could hear her heart a softly poundin'
G                      D
only if she were lying by me
        G          A         D
would I rest in my bed once again
D      G          A                D
Ah but only if my own true love is waitin'
           G                A              D
Yes and if I could hear her heart a softly poundin'
G                      D
only if she were lying by me
        G          A         D
would I rest in my bed once again

[Outro]
D  G D   G D  Em D
Em  D  Em  D  Em  D
G  D  G  D