Intro:  C F (Repeat Several Times)



C (x32010@1)                       Fout (133211@1)on the highway son be careful
                       Cyour (x32010@1)mother sure loves you

smell of liquor and gasoline
         F (133211@1)                        Cyou (x32010@1)knew then what you were born to do
         Amthey (x02210@1)put Roosevelt in office
     F (133211@1)                             Cthey (x32010@1)took the farm the family had to go
         Am (x02210@1)                       
we don't have to do much farming
        F (133211@1)                              C (x32010@1) Gfor (320003@1)the corn mash, or the copper, or the oak trees

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Ctwo (x32010@1)years ago this april
          F (133211@1)                          C'bout (x32010@1)the time when he made that first run

it was just to Carolina
          F (133211@1)                           Cbut (x32010@1)I was thinking this awful thing I'd done
Am (x02210@1)                         Fback (133211@1)home in Kentucky it was sundown
                                  Cwhen (x32010@1)he slipped right through the door
           Amand (x02210@1)he was wide eyed and sweaty
       F (133211@1)                           C (x32010@1)     Gand (320003@1)he said he would be ready by the mornin'

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Cwe (x32010@1)made whiskey in the morning
        F (133211@1)                        Cwe (x32010@1)made whiskey morning, noon, and nigt
                                 Fwhen (133211@1)you were at home it was the only sleep
                   Cyour (x32010@1)mother got at night
           Amshe'd (x02210@1)just sit there by the window
       F (133211@1)                    Ccrying (x32010@1)boy oh when you comin' home
   Am (x02210@1)                         F (133211@1)
at night I see her there on her knees and in her prayers
            C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)               
she says oh Jesus don't leave us here alone

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C (x32010@1)                       Fsixty (133211@1)miles an hour after midnight
                           Che (x32010@1)roared o'er that county line
  
there were patrol cars in the bushes
              F (133211@1)                        Cand (x32010@1)they were waiting for just the right time
                Am (x02210@1)                      
they turned the lights on in the curve
        F (133211@1)		  Cand (x32010@1)the Plymouth started swerving left to right
       Am (x02210@1)                         
and it sounded like a cannon
       F (133211@1)                       C (x32010@1)    Gas (320003@1)the shotguns ripped apart the night

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Amlet (x02210@1)his soul rest in Kentucky
         F (133211@1)                     Cwhere (x32010@1)he won't have to be lucky anymore
      AmI (x02210@1)can still here him laughing
         F (133211@1)                        Cbout (x32010@1)the police he outrun the night before
                   Gthe (320003@1)bullets in his door

C F (Repeat Several Times)

C (x32010@1)                       Fout (133211@1)on the highway son be careful
                       Cyour (x32010@1)mother sure loves you