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Abilene

Buck Owens

RockMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
E7○○○○
F
D7××○
G7○○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
              
 
C        E7       F              C  
Abilene  Abilene  prettiest town I've ever seen  
 
D7                      G7             C     F     C  
Women there don't treat you mean in Abilene  my Abilene  
 
   
            E7  
I sat alone most every night  
   
F                C  
Watch the trains pull out of sight  
 
D7                     G7  
Don't I wish they were carrying me back  
   
   C        F     C  
To Abilene  my Abilene  
 
   
C        E7       F              C  
Abilene  Abilene  prettiest town I've ever seen  
 
D7                      G7             C     F     C  
Women there don't treat you mean in Abilene  my Abilene  
 
 
             E7  
Crowded city there ain't nothing free  
   
F               C  
Nothing in this town for me  
 
D7                      G7  
Wish to the Lord that I could be back  
   
      C     F        C  
In Abilene  sweet Abilene  
 
   
C        E7       F              C  
Abilene  Abilene  prettiest town I've ever seen  
 
D7                      G7             C     F     C  
Women there don't treat you mean in Abilene  my Abilene

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Chord set

C · E7 · F · D7 · G7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.