Outside The Nashville City Limits Joan Baez
Outside The Nashville City Limits by Joan Baez
CAPO 5th fret - The Original Key is F
Out[C]side the Nashville city limits, a [Am]friend and I did drive,
[C]On a day in early winter, I was [Am]glad to be alive
We [F]went to see some [G]friends of his, who [Am]lived upon a [F]farm
[F]Strange and gentle [G]country folk, who [Am]wished nobody [F]harm
[F]Fresh-cut sixty [G]acres, [F]eight cows in the [G]barn
But the [Am]thing that I rem[Em]ember, on that [F]cold day in De[Em]cember
Was that my [F]eyes they did brim [G]over, as we [C]talked
In the [C]slowest drawl I ever heard, the [Am]man said "Come with me
If y'[C]all wanna see the prettiest place in [Am]all of Tennessee."
He [F]poured us each a [G]glass of wine and a-[Am]walking we did [F]go,
A[F]long fallen leaves and [G]crackling ice, where a [Am]tiny brook did [F]flow
[F]He knew every [G]inch of the land, and [F]Lord he loved it [G]so
But the [Am]thing that I rem[Em]ember, on that [F]cold day in De[Em]cember
Was that my [F]eyes were brimming [G]over, as we [C]walked
He [C]sat my down upon a stone, be[Am]side a running spring
He [C]talked in a voice so soft and clear, like the [Am]waters I heard sing
[F]He said "We searched [G]quite a time for a p[Am]lace to call our [F]own.
[F]There was just me and [G]Mary John and [Am]now I guess we're [F]home."
I [F]looked at the ground and [G]wondered, how many [F]years they each had [G]roamed
And [Am]Lord I do re[Em]member, on that [F]day in late De[Em]cember
How my [F]eyes kept brimming [G]over, as we [C]talked
As we [D]walked
And s[D]tanding there with outstretched arms, he [Bm]said to me "You know,
[D]I can't wait till the heavy storms [Bm]cover the ground with snow,
And [G]there on the pond the [A]watercress is [Bm]all that don't turn [G]white.
When the [G]sun is high you [A]squint your eyes and [Bm]look at the hills so [G]bright."
And [G]nodding his head [A]my friend said, "It [G]seems like over[A]night,
That the [Bm]leaves come out so [Gbm]tender at the [G]turning of the [Gbm]winter..."
I thought the [G]skies they would brim [A]over, as we [D]talked
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