Chord Lord Only Knows by Yonder Mountain String Band

G C D ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down G C D i didn’t like the odds that i would last that long G C D they turned their backs and i was gone gone gone G C D just turned 18 and i’m lookin at some real hard time G C D now i’m seeing things in my rearview mirror G D G now it’s just me and these white lines chorus D G lord only knows where i’m goin D C can’t remember the places i’ve been D C G D G tell me if i’ll ever make it home again whoa - o home again apart from these troubles mother’s all i leave behind says i remind her of my father but hell if i know he left town when i was 3 years old she did the best she could i can’t help but feel i’m doin her wrong she’ll be much better off now that i’m gone i don’t much feel like hangin around chorus D G i can’t believe how bright the stars are shinin’ D G C and i can’t recall the last time i looked into the sky D G C and it seems to me if i can make it cross the county line D C maybe my life will turn out fine G C D ten years in jail was the sentence that they handed down