| G | Em | |
| Th | ere’s a young man th | at I know |
| C | G | |
| His | age is twenty-o | ne |
| Bm | C | D7 | |
| He c | omes from down in Southern Color | ad | o |
| G | Em | |
| He’s j | ust out of the s | ervice |
| C | G | |
| L | ooking for his f | un |
| Am | D7 | G | |
| Someday s | oon going w | ith him, someday s | oon |
| G | Em | |
| My p | arents cannot st | and him |
| C | G | |
| Cuz he r | ides the rode | o |
| Bm | C | D7 | |
| My f | ather says that he will leave me cr | y | ing |
| G | Em | |
| But | I will follow h | im right down |
| C | G | |
| The r | oughest road I kn | ow |
| Am | D7 | G | |
| Someday s | oon going w | ith him, someday s | oon |
| D | C | G |
| When he comes to call my pa, he | ain’t got a good word to s | ay |
| Em | Am | D7 |
| That’s cause he just as wild | in the younger d | ays |
| G | Em | |
| So bl | ow you old blue n | orthern |
| C | G |
| blow my love to m | e |
| Em | C | D7 | |
| He’s dr | ivin’ in tonight from Calif | orni | a |
| G | Em | |
| He l | oves his damn old r | odeo |
| C | G | |
| As m | uch as he loves m | e |
| Am | D7 | G | |
| Someday s | oon going w | ith him someday s | oon |
| Am | D7 | G | |
| Someday s | oon going w | ith him someday s | oon |
