CAPO 3 TO MATCH RECORDING
 
 
Intro -  D5  A5  
 
 
      D5                       A5
I was raised off route 3, out past where the blacktop ends,
D5     
We'd walk to church on Sunday morn
        G5       
and race barefoot back to Johnsons Fence
D5
That's where I first saw Mary,
A5
On that roadside picking blackberries,
B5                           G5                      
that summer I turned a corner in my soul
         A5         D5        
down that red dirt road,
 
 
(Chorus)
 
 
D5
It's where I drank my first beer,
A5
It's where I found Jesus,
B5
Where I wrecked my first car
  G5
I tore it all to pieces,
D5
I learned the path to heaven,
A5
It's full of sinners and believers,
B5
Learned that happiness on earth,
      G5
Ain't just for high achievers,
     E5                    F#5                       
I've learned, I've come to know,
               G5            
There's life at both ends 
A5                D5                
Of that red dirt road,
  
 
Her daddy didn't like me much,
In my shackled up GTO,
I'd sneak out in the middle of the night,
Throw rocks at her bedroom window,
We'd turn out the headlights,
Drive by the moonlight,
Talk about what the future might hold,
Down that red dirt road,
 
 
solo: 
 
Bridge:
 
     E5             F#5
I went out into the world,
      G5      
And I came back in,
E5     F#5
I lost Mary,
     G5       
Oh I got her back again 
E5               F#5
And driving home tonight
                    G5          A5    A5                    
Feels like I found a long lost friend,
 
 
D5
It's where I drank my first beer,
A5
It's where I found Jesus,
B5
Where I wrecked my first car
  G5
I tore it all to pieces,
D5
I learned the path to heaven,
A5
It's full of sinners and believers,
B5
Learned that happiness on earth,
      G5
Ain't just for high achievers,
     E5                    F#5                        
I've learned, I've come to know,
               G5            
There's life at both ends 
A5                D5                
Of that red dirt road,