WISH I WAS IN NASHVILLE
(Bob McDill)

Don Williams - 1973
Mel McDaniel - 1982




I went to see my honey dew 
She lived just down the way
I got stuck and the truck froze up 
And I only got halfway

Sittin' here on the muddy road 
Stuck here all alone
The rain won't stop, it's a-beatin' on the top 
And I should have stayed at home

I wish I was in Nashville
Guitar on my back
Maybe someday I will 
Ride in the back of a big Cadillac, oh-ooh

(Instrumental Break)

Must have been a half-a-day 
Before I got back home
The road's all mud, the creek's gonna flood
And I'm here alone

Sure feels good a-getin' back 
To my ol' shack again
But I'm all soaked and the radio's broke 
And the rain keeps pourin' in

I wish I was in Nashville
Guitar on my back
Maybe someday I will 
Ride in the back of a big Cadillac, oh-ooh

(Instrumental Break)

I wish I was in Nashville
Guitar on my back
Maybe someday I will 
Ride in the back of a big Cadillac, oh-ooh


(Transcribed from the Don Williams
recording by Mel Priddle - March 2010)


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ADDITIONAL VERSES:


Gonna get out my old Fender
Learn me another chord
Gonna pick and grin and play to win
Like I've done it all before

They'll put me on the Opry
The minute I hit town
I'm gonna buy me some boots and rhinestone suits
And throw my money around