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Key: C
Intro:
G F C
Chorus:
N.C. C
I dodged a mullet
F C
When you broke my heart
C
Coulda been me
F
Sitting six dogs deep
G
In the Shady Oaks trailer park
F
It mighta been my name tattoo-ed in flames
C G/B Am
On your ass-grabbin farmer-tanned arm
D7 G
But, I dodged a mullet
F C
When you broke my heart
Verse 1:
G
You were my Clarksville Maconahey Achy Breaky Billy Ray
C
All your kisses had the taste of Parrot Bay and Ocean Spray
G
Hooch-hockin Arkansas Frenemies with the law
C
When you left me on my own for Mountain Dew and methadone
Pre-Chorus:
F
One dark and stormy night
C G/B Am
You begged me to be your wife
D7
You drank up all my natty light
G
And limped the hell outta my life
Chorus:
N.C. C
I dodged a mullet
F C
When you broke my heart
C
Coulda been me
F
Smokin' homegrown weed
G
In the Shady Oaks trailer park
F
It mighta been my name scratched into the paint
C G/B Am
On your step daddy's cousin's old car
D7 G
But, I dodged a mullet
F C
When you broke my heart
Verse 2:
G
I would've caught that laundered money felon charge
G
Now I thank my lucky stars
C
Padukah Pablo Escobar Drinkin with the prison guards
G
Coulda been your ride or die Simpin' in a single wide
C
The lord was lookin out for me Protecting me from purdjury
Pre-Chorus:
F
What can I say
C G/B Am
About the one that got away
D7
He's doin business in the front And party in the back
G N.C.
In a whole new kinda way
Chorus:
N.C. C
I dodged a mullet
F C
When you broke my heart
C
Coulda been me
F
Sittin six kids deep
G
In the Shady Oaks trailer park
F
It mighta been my name gittin hometown famous
C G/B Am
For shoplifting guns at Walmart
D G
But, I dodged a mullet
F
When you broke my heart
Outro:
C D G
I sure dodged a mullet
F Fm C
When you broke my heart
Song History
Published: December 19, 2023
Last Updated: September 10, 2025