Intro: F  Gm  F  Bb

Verse 1

Gm                            F                       Gm                  
By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising.  She'll find the note I left
         F                   Bb                        C
hanging on her door.   She'll laugh, when she reads the part, that says I'm 
Am                    Gm                                 D#  C
   leaving, cause I've left that girl so many times before.

Verse 2

      Gm                               F             Gm
By the time I make Albuquerque, she'll be working.  She'll probably stop at
                     F          Bb                   C             Am      dm
lunch and give me a call.   But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringing 
Gm            D#        C       
off the wall, thats all.

Verse 3 


Gm                                 F
By the time I make Oklahoma,  she'll be sleeping.
      Gm                                 F        Bb                  C   
She'll turn softly and call my name out low.  And she'll cry,  just to think, 
          Am         Dm  Gm                      C          F          Bb
I'd really leave her.   Though time and time I've tried to tell her so.
     Gm                  A7              D  C  D  C  D
She just didn't know,    I would really go.


Different version


Intro: Fmaj7/A  Gm7  Fmaj7/A  Bbmaj7

Verse 1

Gm7                                    Fmaj7            Gm7                  
By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising.  She'll find the note I left 
       Fmaj7          Bbmaj7                   Cadd9                 Am7     
hanging on her door.   She'll laugh, when she reads the part, that says I'm 
 Dm              Gm7                             Eb   C7  
leaving cause I've left that girl so many times before.

Verse 2

      Gm                                  Fmaj7           Gm7
By the time I make Albuquerque, she'll be working.  She'll probably stop at 
                   Fmaj7       Bbmaj7                Cadd9         Am7    Dm 
lunch and give me a call.   But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringing 
 Gm7          Eb    C7      
off the wall, thats all.  


Gm7                               Fmaj7
By the time I make Oklahoma,  she'll be sleeping.
      Gm7                                Fmaj7          Bbmaj7         Cadd9   
She'll turn softly and call my name out low.  And she'll cry,  just to think,
         Am7       Dm       Gm7                  C7                Fmaj7  
I'd really leave her.   Though time and time I've tried to tell her so.
Bmaj7                      Gm7     A7              D   Am7  Am9 D Am7 Am9 D
        She just didn't know,    I would really go.