C                                         F
Kay, with all your singing talent back in Houston
                    C
Nashville's all you talked about
       C                               F                  C
I sold everything I owned to bring you here now you'll be famous
           G       G7
There's no doubt

              F
Last week you knocked 'em out in New York
           C
Tonight Chicago's going wild
      E                                Am    Fm
Your record on the jukebox don't sound bad
         C                           F            G
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
        C
From my cab

[Verse 2]
        C                                       F                      C
Caution lights blink out their warning some old Big Ben clock chimes 3 A.M.
         C                                     F                 C              G       G7
Starvin' hound dogs search a trash can, my gas tank could use 10 dollars worth again
        F                                    C
All the pot holes here on main street jar my rib cage I could cuss
    E                                  Am       Fm
The crowd of night life people look so sad
        C                            F            G
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
        C
From my cab

[Verse 3]
          C#                                   F#                         C#
Two young soldiers from Fort Campbell told me how they won the war in Afghanistan
       C#                           F#              C#              G#       G#7
Sirens echo through an alley, some woman said somebody stabbed a man
               F#                                  C#
I rushed miss teenage to the doctor she begged to give the child my name
  F                                        A#m       F#m
I can't count the cups of coffee that I've had 
         C#                           F#            G#
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
        C#
From my cab

[Verse 4]
         C#                              F#                      C#
Two rose petals on my front seat fallen from the bouquet Jimmy took to June
          C#                                         F#                     C#              G#      G#7
Jim kept mumbling through his tear drops God she'll leave this world with flowers in her room
       F#                                     C#
Kay, I showed some drunk your picture and he made a smart remark
  F                               A#m      F#m
I hit him in the mouth, boy was I mad
        C#                           F#             G#
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
        C#
From my cab

[Verse 5]
G#                           G#7             C#
Fiddles, steel guitars and pianos, how they play
G#                                                  C#      C#7
Grinding out the latest sounds from music city, U.S.A.
       F#                                   C#
Kay, although I know I brought you to the swinging music world
        F                               A#m      F#m
I miss pictures of those happy times we had
        C#                            F#            G#
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
        C#
From my cab

[Outro]
         C#                          F#            G#
Kay I'm livin', yet I'm dyin' starin'out at music city
        C#
From my cab