(intro)  D  Bm  D  Bm

D                        Bm
Weeds blow tall on a broken train track
D                             Bm
Ruth B' draws were fixin' to get high
D                                                          Bm
Maybe we'll hit the bluffs and find ourselves the same old road

G
 But everybody says this place is beautiful
A
 And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
G
 But everything's the same this town is pitiful
A                   A                 D          Bm
 And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly

D           Bm
Life goes by on a Talihina Sky

D                                    Bm
The hopped up boys are looking for their trouble
D                                            Bm
The knocked up girls, well they've all got their share
D                                                         D
Ruth seems out of her mind, swears she won't give in this time

G
 But everybody says this place is beautiful
A
 And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
G
 But everything's the same this town is pitiful
A                   A                 D          Bm
 And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly

D           Bm
Life goes by on a Talihina Sky
D           Bm
Life goes by on a Talihina Sky

( D  Bm )  (2x)

G
 But everybody says this place is beautiful
A
 And you'd be so crazy to say goodbye
G
 But everything's the same this town is pitiful
A                   A                 D          Bm
 And I'll be gettin' out as soon as I can fly

D           Bm
Life goes by on a Talihina Sky
D           Bm
Life goes by on a Talihina Sky
D           Bm
Life goes by on a Talihina Sky
D           Bm
Life goes by on a Talihina Sky