Solitary Man < Songs > Songs That Make A Difference
| G | C | G |
| I've | been to | wild Mon | tana, |
| C | G |
| I | went there in a | storm. |
| C | Bb | F |
| My boots were | Texas | leather, | mm |
| G | C | G |
| I | loved it | in Mon | tana |
| G | C |
| I | loved it in the | storm |
| G | C | Bb | F |
| I | think I'm gonna | cross that | river, | mm |
| C |
| I just might be | reborn. |
| C | Bb |
| New York, New York, winter, | sixty-one |
| F | C F C |
| Taking me a city ride | |
| Bb |
| Somebody tall must of | put out the light |
| F | G | C |
| Cause it | got real dark out | side | |
| G | C | Bb |
| And I | never saw the sun until | seventy-one |
| C | F | C | F C |
| But I | never gave | up the | fight | |
| Bb |
| And I sure was glad when I | saw the dawn, |
| F |
| And | somebody turned on the light |
| tacet | C | F C F C |
| Somebody turned on the | light | |
| Dm |
| Whiskey, dope, and | fast red cars, |
| F | C | F |
| Well, I | couldn't see to read the | signs | |
| C | Bb |
| Somebody said, "Whose | life is this?" |
| F | G | C G |
| I | said that it can't be | mine | |
| C | Bb |
| And I | never saw the sun until | seventy-one, |
| C | F | C | F |
| But I | never gave | up the | fight | |
| C | Bb |
| And I sure was glad when I | saw the dawn, |
| F |
| And | somebody turned on the light. |
| tacet | C | F C |
| Somebody turned on the | light | |
| F C G C G Eb Ab Eb Bb F Bb F C |
| |
| C |
| When the | world is wrong, |
| Bb |
| you'd better | right yourself, |
| F | C | F |
| It'll | make the dark clouds | fly | |
| C | Bb |
| And nobody tall can | put out the light, |
| F | G | C |
| Just | don't let the spirit | die | |
| G | C | Bb |
| And if you | never see the sun till | ninety-one, |
| C | C | F |
| Don't-cha | never give up the | fight | |
| C | Bb |
| Sure be glad when you | see the dawn, |
| F |
| And | somebody turns on the light |
| C | F C F C |
| Somebody turns on the | light | |
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