G5 
Run a mile run a mile to the river 
      G5 
Gonna throw off the huntin' hounds 
G5 
Run a mile run a mile to the river 
      G5     D5      G5 
Gonna wash away or drown  
 

     G5 
Well I only there for a minute, I was only passing through 
G5 
I was only being friendly but her pappy said he'd send me to the grave for what I wanted to do 
G5 
I should've known when she was so willing, I should've known that she was just a kid 
G5 
I should've known that I was a stranger and that I would be in danger over something that I never did 
 
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Solo 
 
I can't believe her story that she told her mom and daddy and that vigilante crowd in town 
That Lolita of the country set the dogs out on me, Lord they're gonna take me down 
I'd rather swing a hammer in an Alabama slammer than face what's coming after me 
I gotta make it to the water, ride it to the border, let the scent wash off of me 
 
Chorus 
 
Chorus