D                         A 
Thumbing through some magazines  
                  Bm 
Colored panoramic scenes of destinations  
G              A                 D 
Underneath the Greyhound station sign 
                              A 
The world is changing all the time  
                       Bm 
Nothing ever changed inside of my apartment 
          G               A 
'Cept for faded walls and weathered carpet 
 
Chorus:  
    Bm                          G 
And I’ll be thirty-one with the rising of the sun 
Bm                             A 
Thirty years is long enough to dream 
      D               A 
St Abilene watch over me 
        Bm                            G 
Keep me safe, make me strong, help me see 
D               A            Bm        G 
May you keep me company when company I need 
           D  A      D  
Watch over me St. Abilene 
 
I’ve seen them come and I’ve seen them go  
And all I’ve ever had to show for my existence  
Are the fair-thee-wells and I’ll be missing you’s 
But I don’t think they really do  
Fading out into the blue and white horizon  
Must be nothing short of mystifying 
 
 I’ll be thirty-one with the rising of the sun 
Riding on the western bound machine 
St. Abilene, watch over me 
Keep me safe, make me strong, help me see 
May you keep me company when company I need 
St. Abilene. Watch over me, St. Abilene