How to read tablature? 
Intro:
    F         C            Dm   
xA|-------------|--------------|
xE|-------5-3---|-----1-5-3-5--|
xC|---2-------0-|-0-2-------2--|
xG|-5---5-------|-----------7--|

    Bb  F            C             Dm      
xA|----7--------------|--------------|
xE|-1--6--------5-3---|-----1-5-3-5--|
xC|-2-------2-------0-|-0-2-------2--|
xG|-3--6--5---5-------|-----------7--|

Bb  F  C  Dm -x2-
 
Verse:
      Bb
Old friend,
             F
It’s been awhile,
          C              Dm
I ain’t spoke to you in years,
 

     Bb
And often times,
           F
Boys from this town,
      C                  Dm
Put wheels down and disappear,
 

      Bb
Mrs. Cole asked about you
      F
Just three days back,
    C                   Dm
And I had no answer to give her,
 

   Bb                       F
I told her that you moved way out west,
               C                            Dm
To write some songs and grow a little more bitter,
 

     Bb                     F
The kids talk about you around here
             C            Dm
Like you’re some kind of legend
 

   Bb                              F
I wonder if they know a thousand sunrises ago
          C               Dm  Dm
You were eager just like them.
 
Chorus:
            Bb                         F
But if you ever decide to bring your pain and your pride
         C                    Dm
Back to this side of Oklahoma City,
 

               Bb
There’ll be a porch light on,
          F
From the post you leaned on
             C                           Dm
Before you wound up on the wrong side of pity,
 

     Bb                              F
And often times I pray for you and often times I don’t,
            C                             Dm
Is it the goodbyes that haunt you or the fear of new hellos,
 

     Bb                              F
You won't stay for long 'cause you won’t stop your running,
 C                         Dm
Wait for tomorrow until tomorrow’s not coming.
 
Interlude:
   Bb  F  C  Dm
   Bb  F  C  Dm
   Bb  F  C  Dm  Dm
 
Verse:
           Bb                    F
Heard you landed in Tulsa while he slipped away,
             C                       Dm
Is that the reason your fleeing the fields we hauled hay,
 

 Bb                     F
Heat this July or the dark last December,
 C                  Dm
Look in my eyes and you might remember,
 

 Bb                        F
Weed out in Norman, the Stillwater strip,
 C                      Dm                  Dm
Run far enough boy and you’re bound to trip.
 
Chorus:
            Bb                         F
But if you ever decide to bring your pain and your pride
         C                    Dm
Back to this side of Oklahoma City,
 

               Bb
There’ll be a porch light on,
          F
From the post you leaned on
             C                           Dm
Before you wound up on the wrong side of pity,
 

     Bb                              F
And often times I pray for you and often times I don’t,
            C                             Dm
Is it the goodbyes that haunt you or the fear of new hellos,
 

     Bb                          F
You never stay long 'cause you won’t stop your running,
 C                         Dm
Wait for tomorrow until tomorrow’s not coming.
 
-Let's end it-

Interlude:
   Dm Bb  F  C  Dm
   Bb  F  C  Dm
 
Chorus:
        Bb                         F
If you ever decide to bring your pain and your pride
         C                    Dm
Back to this side of Oklahoma City,
 

      Bb
Be a porch light on,
          F
From the post you leaned on
             C                           Dm
Before you wound up on the wrong side of pity,
 

     Bb                              F
And often times I pray for you and often times I don’t,
            C                             Dm
Is it the goodbyes that haunt you or the fear of new hellos,
 

 Bb                              F
Never stay for long 'cause you won’t stop your running,
 C                         Dm
Wait for tomorrow until tomorrow’s not coming.
 
Outro -x4-: Bb  F  C  Dm