Capo on 2nd fret                                          G5  E5   C5  D5  |  G5 walk to E5 
 
G5                                             E5 
It seems like overnight, the town of Red River 
            C5                                   G5 
Was suddenly full of strange men 
                    C5 
Who wore suits in the summer 
           G5                            D5 
And stood on the dirt roads,  trying to hold their maps in the wind 
            G5                              E5 
And some of them smiled, and some of them didn? 
          C5                                      D5 
And none of them came back again 
          G5                          E5 
After 5 generations of Rock County Wilson? 
          C5     D5                                                                   G5 
The last 50 acres, apparently they didn? mean a damn thing to them 
        G5       E5        C5                                     G5 
I stood on the hill, overlooking Red River, where my momma and her momma lay 
          C5   G5                                D5 
And listened to the growling of the big diesel cat, as they tore up the wood?where I played 
                       G5    E5                               C5                     D5 
And I said Momma forgive me, but I?almost glad, that you? not here today 
         G5                           E5 
After 5 generations of Rock County Wilson? 
              C5                            D5                    G5 
see the last 50 acres in the hands of somebody that would actually blow it away 
           G5                                          E5 
You know the Bus station, in the town of Red River 
  C5                                  G5 
Used to be the general store. 
       C5                    G5                             D5 
But now they got a new one. And you know that?ok, if a bus is what you? looking for 
        G5          E5                     C5                            D5 
So early one morning, When the sun becomes red, I got up with the dawn 
         G5                          E5 
After 5 generations of Rock County Wilson? 
        C5            D5                                                G5 
The last one just climbed on a big gray dog???.And was gone???? 

Strum only: 

 with refrain:   
G5   E5   C5   D5  G5  E5  C5   D5  G5      End 
with a slow strum