I like to put this song in drop D and use it as a bass note to ring out through the long
lines of the chorus and verses. Play the G and A like a barre chord without the barre
and mute the open D.
D G D
A vagabond dreamer, a rhymer and singer of songs
G D
Singing to no one and nowhere to really belong
G D
I met a beautiful lady, a pure Southern belle of the ball
G A
Like Scarlet O'Hara loved no one and wanted them all
Chorus:
G D
I'll never forget you and love you inspite of your faults
G D
The good and the bad I want to remember it all
G D
I did a new dance and you did your Tennessee Waltz
G
The party's all over I came uninvited
D A G
I'm leaving and taking the belle of the ball
D G D
There will always be someone I guess that's the way it should be
G D
I guess i should know that someone used to be me
G D
They'll gather around her soon they'll all look the same
G A
At the feet of the lady are lover's without any names
Chorus
G D
I'll never forget you and love you inspite of your faults
G D
The good and the bad I want to remember it all
G D
I did a new dance and you did your Tennessee Waltz
G
The party's all over I came uninvited
D A G
I'm leaving and taking the belle of the ball
