Red Dirt Road Chords & Tabs
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Red Dirt Road Tab
Rhythm Guitar
Intro
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I was raised
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off of rural route three Out past
where the black top ends, We'd
walk to church on Sunday morning
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And race barefoot back to Johnson's Fence
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That's where I first saw Mary
On that roadside, pickin' blackberries
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That summer I turned a corner in my soul
Down that Red Dirt Road
Chorus
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It's where I drank my first beer
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It's where I found Jesus
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Where I wrecked my first car
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I tore it all to pieces
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I learned the path to heaven
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Is full of sinners and believers
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Learned that happiness on earth
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ain't just for high achievers
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I've learned - I've come
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to know There's life at both ends
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Of that Red Dirt Road
Bridge
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Her daddy didn't
Verse 2
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like me much
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In my shackled up GTO
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I'd sneak out in the middle of the night
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Throw rocks at her bedroom window
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We'd turn out the headlights
Drive by the moon light
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Talk about what the future might hold
Down that Red Dirt Road
CHORUS
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I went out into the world
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And I came back in
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I lost Mary
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Oh, but I got her back again
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Drivin' home tonight
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felt like a long lost friend
Chorus