Capo on the 3rd fret Chords relative to capo Cmaj9 C Cmaj9 i was wanderin in a desert town waitin on a wire Cmaj9 C Cmaj9 met a brown hair girl preachin brimstone and fire D C Cmaj9 she drove an old pick up, she had dust on her shoes D C Cmaj9 she said “let's make for the sunrise, he's called us to move” D C Cmaj9 well i jumped up in shotgun thinkin what could i lose C i think love is the strangest creation Cmaj9 i could dream to know Cmaj9 C(quickly then back to Cmaj9) she drove fast like a rocket, straight like a train C 120 miles out she asked me my name D C Cmaj9 at a little truck stop she told them all to reach for the sky D C Cmaj9 she held up a pistol, there was a grin to her eye D C Cmaj9 she threw me a bible, said to read them a line D C Cmaj9 well i sang like a preacher while she took every dime C i think love is the strangest creation Cmaj9 i could dream to know Cmaj9 C Cmaj9 we had us a child, called him daniel the brave Cmaj9 C Cmaj9 we were living in a shack behind a navajo grave D C Cmaj9 i woke one morning to a rope and some words on a sheet D C Cmaj9 she was hangin and the note read "babe, i'm just countin sheep D C Cmaj9 C and when i get to 100, in heaven we'll meet" C i think love is the strangest creation Cmaj9 i could dream to know Cmaj9 C Cmaj9 now me and daniel travel with the wind at our backs Cmaj9 C Cmaj9 sleepin out on freight beds, sharin bread from my pack D C Cmaj9 i don't now about religion but i'd like to believe D C Cmaj9 that if there's a heaven she's waiting for me D C Cmaj9 where the trucks all drive fast and the mileage is free C i think love is the strangest creation Cmaj9 (Let ring to end) i could dream to know
