He Rode All The Way To Texas

Dolly Parton

Written by John Starling

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C
A light shines from my window
F                                G7
Just can't sleep no more Lord it hurts
C
So much to be alone

Verse 2

But the real men never do admit
F                       G7
It's them that might be wrong
C
At least that's what he told me in his song

Verse 3

He rode all the way to Texas
F                 G7 C
On an old freight train
C
Didn't miss the girl he left behind

Verse 4

He rode all the way to Texas
F                          C   G7
Didn't shed a tear letting you know
C
That's he's the moving kind

Verse 5

The freedom that he's sings about
F                G7
Guess I'll never know
C
Just can't shake the guilt or kill the pain

Verse 6

But he lets me ride when the lights turn low
F                                 G7
Get on board the radio and take a ride
C
To Texas on his train

Verse 2

But the real men never do admit
F                       G7
It's them that might be wrong
C
At least that's what he told me in his song

Verse 7

G7                                         C
He's letting you know that he's the moving kind