Key: F
Introduction:
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Sittin in the kitcken a house in Macon
F# C#m E B
Loretta's singing on the radio
F# C#m E B
Smell of coffee eggs and bacon
F# C#m E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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Pull the curtains back and look outside
F# C#m E B
Somebody somehere I don't know
F# C#m E B
Come on now child we're gonna go for a ride
F# C#m E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
B E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
B E B F# C#m F# C#m F# C#m B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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Can't find a damn thing in this place
F# C#m E B
Nothing's where I left it before
F# C#m E B
Set of keys and a dusty suitcase
F# C#m E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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There goes the screen door slamming shut
F# C#m E B
You better do what you're told
F# C#m E B
When I get back this room better be picked-up
F# C#m E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
B E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
B E B F# C#m F# C#m F# C#m B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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Low hum of voices in the front seat
F# C#m E B
Stories nobody knows
F# C#m E B
Got folks in Jackson we're going to meet
F# C#m E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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Cotton fields stretching miles and miles
F# C#m E B
Hank's voice on the radio
F# C#m E B
Telephone poles trees and wires fly on by
F# C#m E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
B E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
B E B F# C#m F# C#m F# C#m B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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Broken down shacks engine parts
F# C#m E B
Could tell a lie but my heart would know
F# C#m E B
Listen to the dogs barkin in the yard
F# C#m E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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Child in the backseat about four or five years
F# C#m E B
Lookin out the window
F# C#m B E
Little bit of dirt mixed with tears
F# C#m E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
B E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
B E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
B E B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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Car wheels on a gravel road