Key: D
Introduction: D
D
Well, I walked in to one of my old haunts.
G D
It used to be a honky-tonk Heaven.
D
Some old slicker done bought the place,
G D
An' lit it up like a 7-11.
D
Yes, they fired the band that used to play,
G D
"Okie From Muskogee".
D
An' hired some dude with his hat on back'ards,
G D
Singin' hip-hop and karaoke.
G
Shoulda know it was gonna happen,
D
Bein' this close town.
E
Oh but I know a beer joint back in the woods,
A
That them city folks still ain't found.
D F
You make a right at the stomp with the barbed wire in it,
G D
Where the old church used to be.
D F
Then a mile mad curve on the gravel,
G D
Gonna throw you right off the road into Choctaw Creek.
D F
There's a one-lane bridge, just keep it in the middle,
G D
Pretty soon that road's gonna end.
Y'all come back again.
D
We got ice-cold beer, an' chicken an' ribs,
G D
Cookin' on the grill out back.
D
Three plays for a quarter on the jukebox in the corner,
G D
An' it's full of Hank, Haggard an' Cash.
D
They got a long-legged waitress wearin' cut-off jeans
G D
She's quick to take your order.
G D
That girl is Ray Ray's daughter.
G
They'll make you feel like family,
D
An' everybody is your friend.
E
But there's been folks messed up down there,
A
That ain't never been seen again.
D F
You make a right at the stomp with the barbed wire in it,
G D
Where the old church used to be.
D F
Then a mile mad curve on the gravel,
G D
Gonna throw you right off the road into Choctaw Creek.
D F
There's a one-lane bridge, just keep it in the middle,
G D
Pretty soon that road's gonna end.
Y'all come back again.
D F
You make a right at the stomp with the barbed wire in it,
G D
Where the old church used to be.
D F
Then a mile mad curve on the gravel,
G D
Gonna throw you right off the road into Choctaw Creek.
D F
There's a one-lane bridge, just keep it in the middle,
G D
Pretty soon that road's gonna end.
Y'all come back again.