Outside The Nashville City Limits

outside the nashville city limits by joan baez G Em outside the nashville city limits , a friend and i did drive G Em on a day in early winter , i was glad to be alive C D G Em we went to see some friends of his , who lived upon a farm C D G Em strange and gentle country folk , who wished nobody harm C D C D fresh - cut sixty acres , eight cows in the barn Em Bm C Bm but the thing that i remember , on that cold day in december C D G was that my eyes they did brim over , as we talked . in the slowest drawl i had ever heard , the man said "come with me , if y’all wanna see the prettiest place , in all of tennessee . " he poured us each a glass of wine , and A - walking we did go , along fallen leaves and crackling ice , where a tiny brook did flow he knew every inch of the land , and lord he loved it so but the thing that i remember , on that cold day in december was that my eyes were brimming over , as we walked . he set me down upon a stone , beside a running spring he talked in a voice so soft and clear , like the waters i heard sing he said "we searched quite a time , for a place to call our own there was just me and mary john , and now i guess we’re home . " i looked at the ground and wondered , how many years they each had roamed and lord i do remember , on that day in late december how my eyes kept brimming over , as we talked ( key change ) A as we walked . A F#m and standing there with outstretched arms , he said to me "you know , A F#m i can’t wait till the heavy storms , cover the ground with snow , D E A F#m and there on the pond the watercress , is all that don’t turn white , D E A F#m when the sun is high you squint your eyes , and look at the hills so bright . " D E D E and nodding his head my friend said , "it seems like overnight , F#m C#m D C#m that the leaves come out so tender , at the turning of the winter" D E A i thought the skies they would brim over , as we talked .