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

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 with refrain:   
G   Em   C   D  G  Em  C   D  G      End 
with a slow strum