[Intro]
   D         A            Bm
E -------------|-----------2--| 
B -------------|-----------3--| 
G -2h4-2-------|-----------4--| 
D -------4-2---|-----0h4-2-4--| 
A -----------0-|-0h2-------2--| 
E -------------|-----------2--|
   G  D            A             Bm
E -3--3--------------|-----------2--| 
B -0--2--------------|-----------3--| 
G -0--3--2h4-2-------|-----------4--| 
D -0-----------4-2---|-----0h4-2-4--| 
A -2---------------0-|-0h2-------2--| 
E -3-----------------|-----------2--|
G  D  A  Bm   (x2)
[Strophe]
      G 
Old friend, 
             D 
It’s been awhile, 
          A              Bm 
I ain’t spoke to you in years,  
     G 
And often times, 
           D 
Boys from this town, 
      A                  Bm 
Put wheels down and disappear,  
      G 
Mrs. Cole asked about you 
      D 
Just three days back, 
    A                   Bm 
And I had no answer to give her,  
   G                       D 
I told her that you moved way out west, 
               A                            Bm 
To write some songs and grow a little more bitter,  
     G                     D 
The kids talk about you around here 
             A            Bm 
Like you’re some kind of legend  
   G                              D 
I wonder if they know a thousand sunrises ago 
          A               Bm  Bm 
You were eager just like them.
[Refrain]
            G                         D 
But if you ever decide to bring your pain and your pride 
         A                    Bm 
Back to this side of Oklahoma City,  
               G 
There’ll be a porch light on, 
          D 
From the post you leaned on 
             A                           Bm 
Before you wound up on the wrong side of pity,  
     G                              D 
And often times I pray for you and often times I don’t, 
            A                             Bm 
Is it the goodbyes that haunt you or the fear of new hellos, 
     G                              D 
You won't stay for long 'cause you won’t stop your running, 
 A                         Bm 
Wait for tomorrow until tomorrow’s not coming.
[Instrumentale]
G  D  A  Bm 
G  D  A  Bm 
G  D  A  Bm  Bm
[Strophe]
           G                    D 
Heard you landed in Tulsa while he slipped away, 
             A                       Bm 
Is that the reason your fleeing the fields we hauled hay,  
 G                     D 
Heat this July or the dark last December, 
 A                  Bm 
Look in my eyes and you might remember,  
 G                        D 
Weed out in Norman, the Stillwater strip, 
 A                      Bm                  Bm 
Run far enough boy and you’re bound to trip.
[Refrain]
            G                         D 
But if you ever decide to bring your pain and your pride 
         A                    Bm 
Back to this side of Oklahoma City,  
               G 
There’ll be a porch light on, 
          D 
From the post you leaned on 
             A                           Bm 
Before you wound up on the wrong side of pity,  
     G                              D 
And often times I pray for you and often times I don’t, 
            A                             Bm 
Is it the goodbyes that haunt you or the fear of new hellos,  
     G                          D 
You never stay long 'cause you won’t stop your running, 
 A                         Bm 
Wait for tomorrow until tomorrow’s not coming. 
  
(Let's end it) 
Bm G  D  A  Bm 
 
G  D  A  Bm
[Refrain]
        G                         D 
If you ever decide to bring your pain and your pride 
         A                    Bm 
Back to this side of Oklahoma City,  
      G 
Be a porch light on, 
          D 
From the post you leaned on 
             A                           Bm 
Before you wound up on the wrong side of pity,  
     G                              D 
And often times I pray for you and often times I don’t, 
            A                             Bm 
Is it the goodbyes that haunt you or the fear of new hellos,  
 G                              D 
Never stay for long 'cause you won’t stop your running, 
 A                         Bm 
Wait for tomorrow until tomorrow’s not coming.
[Outro]
G  D  A  Bm 
G  D  A  Bm 
G  D  A  Bm 
G  D  A  Bm