Red Dirt Road

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Rhythm Guitar

  Intro
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                             I  was      raised
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     off      of     rural    route     three     Out     past
     where  the   black   top   ends,  We'd
     walk   to   church   on   Sunday   morning
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    And   race   barefoot   back   to   Johnson's   Fence
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    That's   where   I   first   saw   Mary
    On   that   roadside,   pickin'   blackberries

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   That   summer  I   turned   a   corner   in  my   soul



Chorus
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     It's where I drank my first beer
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     It's where I found Jesus
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    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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  Is full of sinners and believers
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  Learned that happiness on earth
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 ain't just for high achievers
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 I've learned - I've come
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 to know There's life at both ends
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Bridge
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                                Her daddy didn't

Verse 2
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    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

                   Drive by the moon light
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        Talk about what the future might hold


CHORUS

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       I went out into the world
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       And I came back in
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       I lost Mary
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       Oh, but I got her back again
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       Drivin' home tonight
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      felt like a long lost friend

Chorus