My Elusive Dreams(Chords)

	        
Intro: C  

verse 1 

C                 F 
I followed you to Texas    
G                 C 
I followed you to Utah 
                  F           Dm       G 
We didn't find it there so we moved on 

verse 2 

C                  F 
I went with you to Alabam' 
G                     C 
Things looked good in Birmingham 
                  F           Dm      G 
We didn't find it there so we moved on 


              C        F 
I know you're tired of following 
Dm         C 
My elusive dreams and schemes 
F          Dm   C 
Oh they're only fleeting things 
G          C       A 
My elusive dreams 


verse 3 

G                   C 
You had my child in Memphis  
       D        D7      G 
Then I heard of work in Nashville 
                  C           D        D7 
We didn't find it there so we moved on 

verse 4 

     G             C 
To a small farm in Nebraska  
D              D7 G 
To a gold mine in Alaska 
                  C             Am       D7  D# 
We didn't find it there   so we moved on 

Bridge 

    G#             C# 
And now we've left Alaska  
D#                   G# 
Because there was no gold mine 
              C#       Bbm               D# 
But this time     only two of us move on 
    G#                      C# 
And now all we have is each other  
D#                           G# 
And a little memory To cling to  
                    C#           Bbm   D# 
And still you won't let me go on alone 


              G#       C# 
I know you're tired of following 
Bbm        C#         G#  
My elusive dreams and schemes 
C#         Bbm  G# 
Oh they're only fleeting things 
D#         G# 
My elusive dreams 


Outro 
                       C# 
I know you're tired of following 
Bbm        G#          
My elusive dreams and schemes 
C#         Bbm  G# 
Oh they're only fleeting things 
D#         G# 
My elusive dreams
	        

Written by Curly Putman/Billy Sherrill