Key: F
Introduction: F C Dm7
F7+
I was raised off of Rural Route 3
C
Out past where the blacktop ends
F
We'd walk to church on Sunday morning
Bb Dm Gm F
Race barefoot back to Johnson's fence
F
That's where I first saw Mary
C
On that roadside picking blackberries
Dm7 Bb
That summer I turned a corner in my soul
C6 F
Down that red dirt road
C
It's where I drank my first beer
C Dm7
It's where I found Jesus
Dm7 Dm
Where I wrecked my first car,
Bb
I tore it all to pieces
F
I learned the path to heaven
C
Is full of sinners and believers
DM7
Dm
Ain't just for high achievers
Gm
I've learned,
F Bb
I've come to know
Bb
There's life at both ends
C F
Of that red dirt road
F
Her daddy didn't like me much
F7+ C
In my shackled up GTO
F
I'd sneak out in the middle of the night
Bb F
Throw rocks at her bedroom window
F7+
We'd turn out the headlights
C
Drive by the moonlight
Dm7 Bb
Talk about what the future might hold
Bb C G F
Down that red dirt road
F C
It's where I drank my first beer
C Dm7
It's where I found Jesus
Dm7 Dm
Where I wrecked my first car,
Bb
I tore it all to pieces
F
I learned the path to heaven
C
Is full of sinners and believers
Dm7
Learned that happiness on earth
Dm Gm
Ain't just for high achievers
Gm
I've learned,
F Bb
I've come to know
Bb
There's life at both ends
C F
Of that red dirt road
C F
I went out into the world
F Bb C7
And I came back in
Gm F
I lost Mary,
Gm
Oh I got her back again
Bb F
And driving home tonight,
F Bb C
Feels like I've found a long lost friend
F C
It's where I drank my first beer
C Dm7
It's where I found Jesus
Dm7 Dm
Where I wrecked my first car,
Bb
I tore it all to pieces
F
I learned the path to heaven
C
Is full of sinners and believers
Dm7
Learned that happiness on earth
Dm
Ain't just for high achievers
Gm
I've learned,
F Bb
I've come to know
Bb
There's life at both ends
C F
Of that red dirt road
Outro
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