Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
FF C majorC Dm7Dm7
Verse:
Fmaj7Fmaj7
I was raised off of Rural Route 3
C majorC
Out past where the blacktop ends
FF
We'd walk to church on Sunday morning
Bb majorBb DmDm G minorGm FF
Race barefoot back to Johnson's fence
Verse:
FF
That's where I first saw Mary
C majorC
On that roadside picking blackberries
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
That summer I turned a corner in my soul
C6C6 FF
Down that red dirt road
Chorus:
C majorC
It's where I drank my first beer
C majorC Dm7Dm7
It's where I found Jesus
Dm7Dm7 DmDm
Where I wrecked my first car,
Bb majorBb
I tore it all to pieces
FF
I learned the path to heaven
C majorC
Is full of sinners and believers
DM7
Learned that happiness on earth
DmDm
Ain't just for high achievers
G minorGm
I've learned,
FF Bb majorBb
I've come to know
Bb majorBb
There's life at both ends
C majorC FF
Of that red dirt road
A minorAm Dm7Dm7 FF
Verse:
FF
Her daddy didn't like me much
Fmaj7Fmaj7 C majorC
In my shackled up GTO
FF
I'd sneak out in the middle of the night
Bb majorBb FF
Throw rocks at her bedroom window
Verse:
Fmaj7Fmaj7
We'd turn out the headlights
C majorC
Drive by the moonlight
Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb
Talk about what the future might hold
Bb majorBb C majorC G+G FF
Down that red dirt road
Chorus:
FF C majorC
It's where I drank my first beer
C majorC Dm7Dm7
It's where I found Jesus
Dm7Dm7 DmDm
Where I wrecked my first car,
Bb majorBb
I tore it all to pieces
FF
I learned the path to heaven
C majorC
Is full of sinners and believers
Dm7Dm7
Learned that happiness on earth
DmDm G minorGm
Ain't just for high achievers
G minorGm
I've learned,
FF Bb majorBb
I've come to know
Bb majorBb
There's life at both ends
C majorC FF
Of that red dirt road
A minorAm Dm7Dm7 FF Bb majorBb G minorGm FF A minorAm
Verse:
C majorC FF
I went out into the world
FF Bb majorBb C7C7
And I came back in
G minorGm FF
I lost Mary,
G minorGm
Oh I got her back again
Bb majorBb FF
And driving home tonight,
FF Bb majorBb C majorC
Feels like I've found a long lost friend
Chorus:
FF C majorC
It's where I drank my first beer
C majorC Dm7Dm7
It's where I found Jesus
Dm7Dm7 DmDm
Where I wrecked my first car,
Bb majorBb
I tore it all to pieces
FF
I learned the path to heaven
C majorC
Is full of sinners and believers
Dm7Dm7
Learned that happiness on earth
DmDm
Ain't just for high achievers
G minorGm
I've learned,
FF Bb majorBb
I've come to know
Bb majorBb
There's life at both ends
C majorC FF
Of that red dirt road
Outro:
A minorAm Dm7Dm7 FF Bb majorBb Am7Am7 FF
Am7Am7 Dm7Dm7 Bb majorBb FF