Tom: Gm Intro: Gm//F Bb/// Cm/// Gm///} My [Gm]mother came to Hazard when I was just seven Even then then folks in town said with [Bb]prejudiced eyes That [C]boy's not right [Gm]Three years ago when I came to know Mary First time that someone look beyond the [Bb]rumours and the lies And [C]saw the man inside {c:Chorus 1} We [Eb]used to walk down by the [Bb]river She [Eb]loves to watch the sun go [Gm]down We [Eb]used to walk along the [Bb]ri.... [Gm]ver And [F]dream our [Eb]way out of this [Gm]town {c:Play intro} [Gm]No one understood what I felt for Mary No one cared until the night she went out [Bb]walking all alone And n[C]ever came home [Gm]Man with the badge came knocking next morning Here was I surrounded by a thousand [Bb]fingers suddenly Po[C]inting right at me {c:Chorus 2} I [Eb]swear I left her by the [Bb]river I [Eb]swear I left her safe and [Gm]sound I [Eb]need to make it to the [Bb]ri.... [Gm]ver And l[F]eave this [Eb]old Nebraska [Gm]town {np} {c:Bridge} [F]Thinking about my [Eb]life going by [Bb]How it's done me wrong [F]There's no es[Eb]cape for me this time [Bb]All of my rescue are [F]gone, long [Gm]gone {c:Guitar Break} {c:Chorus 2} {c:(Fade to end...)}