Key : D
[Intro]
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[Chorus]
D G D
We don’t need to talk about Abilene
D G D
Cause Abilene don’t mean
D A D G
No coffee shop, no liquor store
D A G D
So I don’t talk about Abilene no more
[Verse 1]
D G D
Young lovers like to dream
D G D
We’ll settle down and we’ll make a good team
D A D G
Well Main Street was cute and the rents there were cheap
D A G D
But I was too much for you and for your Abilene
[Chorus]
D G D
We don’t need to talk about Abilene
D G D
Cause Abilene don’t mean
D A D G
No couple acres, no screened in porch
D A G D
So I don’t talk about Abilene no more
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
D G D
I remember the air when I drove out of town
D G D
Crying on the highway with my windows down
D A D G
I’da stayed there forever, till death do us part
D A D G
Texas in my rearview, Plains in my heart
D A G D
Couldn’t hold it together when Abilene fell apart
[Chorus]
D G D
We don’t need to talk about Abilene
D G D
Cause Abilene don’t mean
D A D G
No turning the garden, no toys on the floor
D A G D
So I don’t talk about Abilene no more
[Chorus]
D G D
We don’t need to talk about Abilene
D G D
Cause Abilene don’t mean
D A D G
No life that we’re building, no weathering storms
D A G D
That’s why I don’t talk about Abilene no more
D A G D
That’s why I don’t talk about Abilene no more