Red Dirt Road

Capo: 3rd fret

[Intro]
D   A   Bm
D   A   Bm
 
[Verse]
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I was raised off of Rural Route 3,
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out past where the blacktop ends,
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We'd walk to church on Sunday mornin'
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and race barefoot back to Johnson's fence
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    That's where I first saw Mary,
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    On that roadside pickin' blackberries,
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   that summer I turned a corner in my soul down that red dirt road
 
[Chorus]
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It's where I drank my first beer,
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     It's where I found Jesus,
Bm
     Where I wrecked my first car
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I tore it all to pieces,
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    I learned the path to heaven,
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     It's full of sinners and believers,
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    Learned that happiness on earth,
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Ain't just for high achievers,
     Em                    F#m
I've learned, I've come to know,
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there's life at both ends    of that red dirt road
 
[Verse]
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Her daddy didn't like me much,
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In my shackled up GTO,
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I'd sneak out in the middle of the night,
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Throw rocks at her bedroom window,
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     We'd turn out the headlights,
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     Drive by the moonlight,
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     Talk about what the future might hold,
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Down that red dirt road,
 
[Chorus]
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It's where I drank my first beer,
A
     It's where I found Jesus,
Bm
     Where I wrecked my first car
  G
I tore it all to pieces,
D
    I learned the path to heaven,
A
     It's full of sinners and believers,
Bm
    Learned that happiness on earth,
      G
Ain't just for high achievers,
     Em                    F#m
I've learned, I've come to know,
                G         A
there's life at both ends    of that red dirt road
 
[Solo]
D   A   Bm  G  
D   A   Bm  G  
 
[Bridge]
       Em             F#m
I went out into the world,
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And I came back in,
Em         F#m
    I lost Mary,
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Oh, I got her back again
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    And driving home tonight
                      G          A    Asus4
Feels like I found a long lost friend,
 
[Chorus]
D
   It's where I drank my first beer,
A
    It's where I found Jesus,
Bm
   Where I wrecked my first car
  G
I tore it all to pieces,
D
   I learned the path to heaven,
A
   Is full of sinners and believers,
Bm
    Learned that happiness on earth,
      G
Ain't just for high achievers,
     Em                    F#m
I've learned, I've come to know,
                G         A
there's life at both ends    of that red dirt road
 
[Outro]
D   A   Bm  Bm  
 
          Em                    F#m
Yes, I've learned, I've come to know,
                G         A
there's life at both ends    of that red dirt road
 
[Solo]
D   A   Bm  G  
D   A   Bm  G  
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