Chord/Tab song: A Long Way From Montana

A long way it is[C] from M[Em]ontana[F]

[C]To west Texas whether by [D7]hoof or by [G7]rail

[C]A long [Em]way it [F]is from Alzada

[C]To innocence lost somewhere [G7]out on the [C]trail


My [Em]heart is [F]lonesome and longing

[C]My comrades are gone on the [D7]first morning [G7]train

[C]And my [Em]heart hears a [F]boyhood hymn calling

[C]From a church down the valley comes [G7]this old re[C]frain



[C]Softly and tenderly [F]Jesus is [C]calling

[Am]Calling for [D7]you and for [G7]me

[C]See on the portals He's [F]waiting and [C]watching

Watching [F]for [C]you [G7]and for [C]me


Too [Em]many [F]autumns I've watched 'em

[C]Board trains with their plunder [D7]all headed for [G7]home

[C]And too [Em]many [F]autumns I've stayed here

[C]To snap out the new ones 'fore [G7]winter comes [C]on


And I [Em]wonder [F]who's waiting for them

[C]A sweetheart a lover a [D7]young wife with [G7]babe

[C]But I [Em]know [F]who's waiting for me

[C]A mother and father who's [G7]hair has turned to [C]gray


Come [G7]home come [C]hom[Am]e

[D7]Wanderin' cowboy come [G7]home

[C]Earnestly tenderly [F]I hear them [C]calling

[Am]My son [F]it's [C]time [G7]to come [C]home


I've [Em]lingered [F]long in this country

[C]From high thunder basin to [D7]where rim lands [G7]start

[C]And I've [Em]lingered [F]too long a sinner

[C]It's time that I pack up [G7]and follow my [C]heart


A long [Em]way [F]it is from Alzada

[C]To a little sod house on the [D7]west Texas [G7]plains

[C]A long [Em]way [F]it is from Montana

[C]But I'm going home on the [G7]next southbound [C]train


A long [Em]way [F]it is from [C]Montana