C                Am
He came from the lowlands
C              F                  Am
A farm in Tennessee that took the stand.
C           F                 Am
A baby too small to want much more,
       C                   F            Am
To the west hills, he was taken for to grow.


    C         Am
His mother, a mystery
    C                 F           Am
Too wrapped up in her theories to attend
    C               F              Am
His father wants so bad the simple life,
    C                F                 Am
And neither took the time to raise him right.


[Chorus]
F             Am
Oh, he's gone back;
     F             C                Am
He's lookin' for a girl to ease his mind,
        F               C             G                       Am
But I'm bettin' my last dime he won't return for a long, long time
            G                       Am
'Cause he's lookin' for a different kind.


[Verse 2]
     C             Am
Now, back to Tennessee:
C                       F                 Am
Summers fill where this road he's walkin' started;
C                  F                   Am
People there still lived off washed-up dreams,
       C                 F                     Am
And we watched the fires burn down last year's fields.


[Chorus]
F             Am
Oh, he's gone back;
     F             C                Am
He's lookin' for a girl to ease his mind,
        F                C            G                       Am
But I'm bettin' my last dime he won't return for a long, long time
            G                       Am
'Cause he's lookin' for a different kind.


[Verse 3]
     C           Am
Now, cynical and jaded,
       C             F                 Am
The Pacific coasters hold his head and heart
  C                 F                Am
A man who fares his own way with his pride,
        C                   F           Am
But the proud ways leave an empty place inside.

[Chorus]
F             Am
Oh, he's gone back;
     F             C                Am
He's lookin' for a girl to ease his mind,
        F               C             G                       Am
But I'm bettin' my last dime he won't return for a long, long time
            G                       Am
'Cause he's lookin' for a different kind.
           G                       Am
Yeah, he's out to find a different kind.