RIFF #1 RIFF #2 CHORDS D G A/A7
e|------------------- ------------------- ---------2--3--0---------|
B|------------------- ------------------- ---------3--3--2---------|
G|------------------- ------------------- ---------2--0--2(0)------|
D|------------------- ------------------- ---------0--0--2---------|
A|---------5--------- ---------5--------- ---------x--x--0---------|
E|-0-5-4-5---7-5-4--- -0-5-4-5---7-5-7--- ---------x--5--x---------|
D A D (RIFF #1)
I used to think love was the soft rope meant to tie me down
D A D (RIFF #2)
And all that could ever own me was a guitar and another town
G D
Ten years can disappear real fast - When every morning just leaves somewhere
G D A(7)
else behind - But I've been thinking about leaving - Long enough to change
D (RIFF # 2)
my mind
D A D (RIFF #1)
Lying here beside you - I can feel it start to pull me away
D A(7) D
The thought I'll have again tomorrow - That just came back from yesterday
G D G
But your embrace makes any reason - For those memories hard to find
D A(7) D (RIFF #1)
I've been thinking about leaving - Long enough to change my mind
G D
Sometimes I miss the warm, bright lights - Sometimes I miss the crowds
G D A
Sometimes I miss the woman - I wrapped each song around
G D G
Sometimes I miss that world out there - So empty, hard and unkind
D A(7) D (RIFF #2)
But I've been thinking about leaving - long enough to change my mind
[Guitar solo]
D A D D A(7) D
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e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------4-5-4---4----------------------|
A|-5-5-5-4-4-----------------7---5-------------7---5-7-5-4-2--2-2-0-7-5-|
E|-----------9-9-9-7-7-7-5-4---9----------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-0---2-2-0--2------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----4---------------------------------------------------------------|
[Steel solo - chords]
G D G D A(7) D
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G D
Sometimes I miss the warm, bright lights - Sometimes I miss the noise
G D A
Sometimes I miss the fading sounds - Of every cheering voice
G D G
Sometimes I miss that world out there - So empty, hard and unkind
D A(7) D (RIFF #1)
But I've been thinking about leaving - Long enough to change my mind
D A D (RIFF #1 & 2)
But I've been thinking about leaving - Long enough to change my mindThinking About Leaving chords and lyrics
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[Guitar solo] [Steel solo - chords]
Thinking About Leaving Chords by Dwight Yoakam
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