1.

    |G     /         /          /       |C         /      G    /
When Louis-ville was eight more miles my old heart sung a song,
 |G           /       /       /     |A       /    D    /
I thought I’d hug and kiss my gal be-fore so very long,
   |G      /      /     /      |C         /      G    /
But when I got to Louis-ville I found she wasn’t true,
       |G        /   /        /        |G     D       G    / |
So I’ll tell you all about it now as to why I feel so blue.

chorus:

C      /      /     /       |/       /      /     / 
When I got to Louis-ville my gal she wasn’t there,
    |G          /         /       /          |G         /       D    / 
They said she’d gone with someone else, 'twas more than I could bear,
      |G       /      /        /          |C    /          G    /
So I’m heading out on this old train where to I don’t much care,
C     /        G           /           |G     D        G     / |
Louis-ville is eight miles back and I’m on my way some-where.

2.

I always dreamed of some sweet day when she could be my wife,
And we would settle down somewhere and lead a happy life,
But now I know just how things are and how they’d always be,
So I know that now that Louisville just ain’t the place for me.

chorus:

3.

Right now I’m traveling down this road to get her off my mind,
The thing I want to do is leave old Louisville behind,
Who knows I may find happiness and one who fills the bill,
A girl that’s true and not like her that lives in Louisville.

chorus: