^G5I went out walking through the streets paved with gold ^CLifted some stones, saw the skin and bones of a ^G5city without a soul ^CI went out walking under an atomic sky ^G5Where the ground won't turn and the rain it burns L^Cike the tears when I said goodbye

^EmYeah I went with ^Cnothing, ^G5nothing but the thought of ^Dyou I went ^Emwandering ^{C D G5}

^G5I went drifting through the capitals of tin Where ^Cmen can't walk or freely talk and ^G5sons turn their fathers in I sto^Cpped outside a church house where th^G5e citizens like to sit They ^Csay they want the kingdom, but they ^G5don't want GOD in it I wen^Ct out riding down that old eight l^G5ane ^CI passed by a thousand signs ^G5looking for my own name ^EmYea I went w^Cith nothi^G5ng, but the thought you'd be th^Dere too Looking for ^Emyou ^{C D G5}

^G5I went out there in search of experience To ^Emtaste and to touch and to ^Cfeel as much ^G5As a man can^D before he repents ^{Em C D G5}

^G5I went out searching, looking for one good man A s^Cpirit who would not bend or break

I went out^G5 walking with a bible and a gun The ^CWord of GOD lay heavy on my heart, I was ^G5sure I was the one Now J^Cesus, don't You wait up, Jesus, I'^G5ll be home soon Yeah ^CI went out for the papers, ^G5told her I'd be back by noon ^EmYeah I left with ^Cnothing, but the ^G5thought you'd be there ^Dtoo Looking for ^Emyou ^{C D G5 Em}Yeah I left with ^Cnothing, ^G5nothing but the thought of ^Dyou I went ^Emwandering ^{C D G5}