Gordon Lightfoot - Welcome to try

I have been down in the ^Bmvalley of tears I have ^Cstood on the highest ^Ampeak ^CFor the best part of a ^Amweek ^DBattered and bruised I had ^Bmpulled myself through Every ^Cscene I would never re^Ampeat

^GI have hung out with the ^Bmbeasts of the field And with ^Cthem I've spent many long ^Amnights ^CGot in some awful bad ^Amfights ^DI came unstuck I was ^Bmdown on my luck And I'm ^Cstill getting over the ^Ambites

^GSounds of my own heart ^Ambreaking ^B7 Not to mention my ^Cmind ^A"Nothing can hurt me" A ^Dsmall voice said into a mike, "Take a ^Ahike" ^GNo one will lead me a^A7stray anymore You are ^Dwelcome to try if you ^Glike ^AWelcome to try if you ^Emlike

^GI had been down in the ^Bmvalley so long I had ^Calmost run out of re^Amspect ^CGot in right up to my ^Amneck ^DBattered but wise to the ^Bmtruth and the lies That no ^Clayman would ever ac^Amcept

^GReaching for all of the ^Bmgood things in life Can pro^Cvide some surprises, I ^Amguess It ^Cmay be the way we are ^Amdressed These ^Dthreads that you see mean so ^Bmlittle to me They don't ^Ccount when they put us to ^Amrest

^GLate about dusk, I would ^Amstart to feel ^B7 One more day had been ^Clost ^ANothing I'd say ever ^Dseemed to convey How I felt with that I have ^Adealt ^GAll of my children are ^A7healthy and sane They may ^Dsay anything that they ^Glike ^ASay anything that they ^Emlike

^GSitting alone in the ^BmBlue Ridge Saloon Is no ^Cplace for an angel to ^Ambe ^CLadies make faces at ^Amme ^DBattered but clean, I had ^Bmpulled my machine Off the ^Croad, I was too tired to ^Amsee

^GWearing a smile like the ^Bmrim of a cup I will ^Cget down to my final ^Ampoint There ^Cis no one left to a^Amnoint And the ^Dsowing of seed, was it ^Bmgood, yes indeed It thrills ^Cme, but only to a ^Ampoint

^GUse your imagi^Amnation ^B7Try every trick in the ^Cbook ^AMy mother said with the ^Dlife that I led I'd be broke, holy ^Asmoke ^GAll of my children are ^A7healthy and sane They may ^Dsay anything that they ^Glike ^ASay anything that they ^Emlike If ^Gthey want to preach and are ^A7not within reach They may ^Bmsay anything that they ^Glike ^ASay anything that they ^Emlike ^G