I wish I- __ was a slave to an age old trade, Like ri-din' a-round _ on rail-cars and work-in' __ long- days Lord have mer-cy on- my rough and row-_ dy ways, Lord have mer-cy on -_ my rough and row-_ dy ways Call it one drink too ma-ny, call it pride __ of a man __ __ But it don't make no dif- __frence __ if you sit or you __ stand, 'cause__ __they both_ _end in trou- ble and start with a grin yeah__ __they both_ _end in trou-ble and start with a grin we do it o-___ ver__ _and o- ___ ver_ _and o- ___ ver a- gain we do it o-___ ver__ _and o- ___ ver_ _and o- ___ ver_ _a- gain Oh, ___ ___ Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Oh, ___ ___ ___ Oh, ___ ___ ___ Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___ Oh, ___ ___ ___ Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___ I know_ _there's- __ Ca-li-for-nia O-kla-ho-ma and_ _all of the_ _pla- __ ces I ain't ev-er been __ to __ but down in the_ _val-__ ley with whis- key riv- ers These are the_ _pla-___ ces you will fi-nd me hi-___ ding These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces I will al- ways go These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces I will al- ways go I am on my way, I am on my way, I am on my way back to where I star-____ ted One__ more_ for__ _the_ __stars in the eyes of the walls. I hail your face and then I saw you stand-ing out, ___ I saw your face in the crowd and you came out. You saw me cross- ing the val- ley and___ you_ __came in Look at_ _the sign __ on_ _the _door ___ and_ _it reads __ to me. Just like the grass and the sign when you walked in I am on my way I am on my way I am on my way back to where I star-__ ted Ca-__ li-for-nia O-kla-ho-ma and_ _all of the_ _pla- __ ces I ain't ev-er been __ to ___ but down in the_ _val-__ ley with whis- key_ _riv- ers These are the_ _pla-__ ces you will fi-nd me hi-___ ding These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces I will al- __ways go These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces I will al- __ways go __ So I wish__ I-__ was_ a slave to an age old trade, Lord have mer-cy on- my rough__ and__ _row-_ dy __ways, (make no dif- __ference ___ if you sit, stand) (o-___ ver_ _and o- ___ ver_ _and o- ___ ver_ _a- gain) (o-___ ver_ _and o- ___ ver_ _and o- ___ ver_ _a- gain) (Oh, ___ ___ ___ Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Oh, ___ ___ ___ ___) all of the_ _pla- __ ces I ain't ev-er been __ to __ but down in the_ __val-__ ley with whis- key riv- ers These are the_ pla-___ ces you will fi-nd me hi-__ ding These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces I will al- ways go These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces I will al- ways go on my way, on my way, on my way (Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __ __ __ Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __ __ __ Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ ___ ___ __) (Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __ __ __) (Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __ __ __) (Oh, __ __) down__ in_ the_ __val-__ ley with whis- key_ _riv- ers These are the_ _pla-__ ces These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces I will al- ways go These_ _are_ the_ _pla-__ ces I will al- ways go on my way, on my way, on my way (Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __ __ __ Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __ __ __ Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __ __ __) (Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __ ___ __) (Oh, __ __) (Oh, __ __ __ __) (Oh, __ __)