^GMama told her baby girl take it real slow ^GGirl told her mama hey I really gotta go He's wai^Emtin' in the car Mama said girl you ^Cwon't get far

^GThus are the dreams of an average Jane ^G90 miles an hour down a lover's lane On a ^Emtank of dreams Oh if she could've o^Cnly seen

^DThat fate's got cards That ^Amit don't ^Gwanna ^Csho^Dw

And that boy's just a W^Galkaway Joe Born to be a leaver tell ya f^Emrom the word go ^EmDestined to deceive her He's the ^Cwrong kind of para^Fdise She's gonna ^Cknow it in a matter of ^Dtime That boy's just a ^GWalkaway Joe^C ^G ^D

^GJust a little while into Abilene ^GPulls into a station and he robs it clean She's ^Emwaitin' in the car Oh underneath the ^CTexaco star

^GShe only wanted love didn't bargain for this ^GShe can't help but love him for the way he is She's ^Emonly seventeen And there ain't no ^Creasoning

So she'll ^Dride this ride As ^Amfar as ^Git can ^Cgo^D

And that boy's just a W^Galkaway Joe Born to be a leaver tell ya f^Emrom the word go ^EmDestined to deceive her He's the ^Cwrong kind of para^Fdise She's gonna ^Cknow it in a matter of ^Dtime That boy's just a ^GWalkaway Joe^C ^G ^D

^GSomewhere in a roadside motel room ^GAlone in the silence she wakes up too soon And ^Emreaches for his arm But she'll just keep ^Creaching on

For the ^Dcold hard truth Re^Amvealed what ^Git had ^Ckn^Down

And that boy's just a W^Galkaway Joe Born to be a leaver tell ya f^Emrom the word go ^EmDestined to deceive her He's the ^Cwrong kind of para^Fdise She's gonna ^Cknow it in a matter of ^Dtime That boy's just a ^GWalkaway Joe^D/F# ^Em

^EmOoooh yeah ^EmAll he ^D/F#was was a ^GWalkaway Joe^G ^D/F# ^Em Ooooh o^Emooohoooh ^Em ^D/F# ^G ^GHe was a Walkaway Joe^G ^D/F# ^Em

Trisha Yearwood - Walkaway joe