Utah Phillips - The telling takes me home

L^Get me sing to you all the ^Cold songs I know Of the w^C7ild, windy places ^Dlocked in timeless snow And the ^Emwide, crimson deserts where the ^Dmuddy rivers flow It's s^Cad, but the telling takes me ^Ghome

Co^Gme along with me to some p^Claces that I've been Where peo^C7ple all look back and they s^Dtill remember when And the q^Emuicksilver legends, like su^Dnlight, turn and bend It's s^Cad, but the telling takes me ^Ghome

W^Galk along some wagon road, ^Cdown the iron rail Pas^C7t the rusty Cadillacs that ^Dmark the boom town trail Where dr^Emeamers never win and d^Doers never fail It's s^Cad, but the telling takes me h^Gome

I'll ^Gsing of my amigos, c^Come from down below Whis^C7per in their loving tongue the^D songs of Mexico They w^Emork their stolen Eden, l^Dost so long ago It's ^Csad, but the telling takes me ^Ghome

I'll ^Gtell you all some lies, j^Cust made up for fun And the^C7 loudest, meanest brag, it can^D beat the fastest gun I'll show yo^Emu all some graves that tell ^Dwhere the West was won It's s^Cad, but the telling takes me ^Ghome

And I'll^G sing about an emptiness the ^CEast has never known Where ^C7coyotes don't pay taxes and a ^Dman can live alone And you've^Em got to walk forever just to ^Dfind a telephone It's s^Cad, but the telling takes me ^Ghome

Let me^G sing to you all those o^Cld songs I know Of the^C7 wild, windy places l^Docked in timeless snow And the w^Emide, crimson deserts where the^D muddy rivers flow It's s^Cad, but the telling takes me ^Ghome