Biography:
George Hege Hamilton IV (July 19, 1937 – September 17, 2014) was an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, later switching to country music in the early 1960s.
Hamilton was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on July 19, 1937. While a 19-year-old student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Hamilton recorded "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" for a Chapel Hill record label, Colonial Records. The song, written by John D.
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Abilene, Abilene, prettiest town I’ve ever seen.
G C7 F Bb F C7
Women there don’t treat you mean. In Abilene, My Abilene.
[Verse 1]
F A Bb F F#
I stay at home most ever night, watch the trains roll out of sight.
G C7 F Bb F C7
Pray to the Lord they were carrying me back to Abilene, My Abilene.
[Chorus]
F A Bb F F#
Abilene, Abilene, prettiest town I’ve ever seen.
G C7 F Bb F C7
Women there don’t treat you mean. In Abilene, My Abilene.
[Lead 1 Verse]
F A Bb F F# G C F Bb F C7
[Verse 2]
F A Bb F F#
Crowded city. There ain’t nothing free. Nothin in this town for me.
G C7 F Bb F C7
Wish that I could be in Abilene, sweet Abilene
[Chorus]
F A Bb F F#
Abilene, Abilene, prettiest town I’ve ever seen.
G C7 F Bb F C7
Women there don’t treat you mean. In Abilene, My Abilene.
F A Bb F F#
Abilene, Abilene, prettiest town I’ve ever seen.
G C7 F Bb F C7
Women there don’t treat you mean. In Abilene, My Abilene.
[Verse 1]
F A Bb F F#
I stay at home most ever night, watch the trains roll out of sight.
G C7 F Bb F C7
Pray to the Lord they were carrying me back to Abilene, My Abilene.
[Chorus]
F A Bb F F#
Abilene, Abilene, prettiest town I’ve ever seen.
G C7 F Bb F C7
Women there don’t treat you mean. In Abilene, My Abilene.
[Lead 1 Verse]
F A Bb F F# G C F Bb F C7
[Verse 2]
F A Bb F F#
Crowded city. There ain’t nothing free. Nothin in this town for me.
G C7 F Bb F C7
Wish that I could be in Abilene, sweet Abilene
[Chorus]
F A Bb F F#
Abilene, Abilene, prettiest town I’ve ever seen.
G C7 F Bb F C7
Women there don’t treat you mean. In Abilene, My Abilene.
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