| E | |
| I had to l | eave my life in Dallas |
| A | |
| That town will always be y | ou |
| E | |
| In every crowd, on every corner |
| A | |
| In every face I'd see y | ou |
| E | |
| So with nothin' more than a tank of gas |
| E | |
| I drove away without lookin' back |
| A | |
| And I guess that's how I got where I am |
| F#m | B | |
| And goin' anywhere as fast as I c | an |
| CHORUS |
| A | |
| And I'm a little past Little Rock |
| A | |
| Further down the line |
| E | |
| Too soon to know what's up ahead |
| E | |
| Too late to change my mind |
| A | |
| I gotta keep my heart out of this and both hands on the wheel |
| B | |
| I'm learnin' more with every mile just how leavin' feels |
| A | |
| It's a lonely stretch of blacktop out into the blue |
| C#m | A | |
| Don't know where I'll go or what I'll | do |
| E | |
| I'm a little past Little Rock |
| B | |
| But a long way from over you |
| E | |
| These headlights on the highway |
| A | |
| Disappear into the da | rk |
| E | |
| And if I could have my way |
| A | |
| I'd go back to where you a | re |
| E (tacet) |
| Oh, but I can't turn this thing around |
| E | |
| And nothing short of breaking down |
| A | |
| Is gonna get me off this road I'm on |
| F#m | B | |
| Oh, and I'm still a far cry from go | ne |
| (Repeat chorus) |