A         D          A
I say how could this be
A                   D
I left her back in Tennessee
    A                  D
And there's a thousand miles between
    A         D         A
And I'm goin' outta my head
      A                   D
But I can't take back the words I said
A                D        A
Just to fill her empty bed
             D
Said you can drag me back to Nashville
           E                         A    D
But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead


She wanted nothin' more in her life
Than to see her name in lights
So I came along for the ride
But there was just no end
Smokey bars and unpaid rent
Day job blues held by a thread
Oh you can drag me back to Nashville
But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead

Chorus:
        F#m
North Dakota boy in Tennessee
      D                              A      E
That singin' town it got the best of me, oh ya
       F#m
Well I lost my love to the dream
D                             E
Lookin' back I lost a part of me, and so I said
        D
You can drag me back to Nashville
           E                         A       D    A
But you'll drag me back ot Nashville dead


Instrumental Break


A         D          A
I say how could this be

Chorus

           D
Oh you can drag me back to Nashville
           D                         A     D  A  D
But you'll drag me back to Nashville dead
       A             D        A   D
North Dakota boy in Tennesse
A          D         A     D
I say how could this be