Key: E
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The parking lot is rammed with shotgun pickup trucks
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At the Jones Rubber plant where all the guys end up
Ab Eb
Beer-drinking boy scouts living life like they ain't stuck
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On these quicksand streets with their girls in a sling
Cm Bb Eb
I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing
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Around here, we all take up our cross and hang on His holy name
Ab Eb
But the cards that I was dealt will get you thrown out of the game
Ab Eb
Hey momma, can't you see your boy is wrapped up in the strangle silk
Cm Bb Ab
Of this cobweb town where culture is king?
Cm Bb Eb
I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing
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I close my eyes and think of the water
Ab Cm Bb
Out at the Salt Creek when I was young
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Down at Old Mill Park, half the town's in tow
Ab Eb
To crown the Bathing Beauty of the rodeo
Ab Eb
While her mother fights back proud tears a young cowboy gives the nod
Cm Bb Ab
The chute opens, bull draws blood, and the gift is accepted by God
Cm Bb Ab
The chute opens, bull draws blood, and the gift is accepted by God
Cm Bb Ab
In this barbed wire town of barbed wire dreams
Cm Bb Eb
I'm in my bedroom on the verge of a terrible thing
Ab Cm Eb
I close my eyes and think of the water
Ab Cm Bb
Out at the Salt Creek when I was young
Ab Cm Eb
I close my eyes and think of the water
Ab Cm Bb
Out at the Salt Creek when I was young