Red Dirt chords by Johnny Cooper

Intro:
F  Gm  Bb  F  x2

Verse 1:

        F
Well, I never been to the Great Divide

    Gm
But my journey started when I was just five

 Bb                            F
I don't know why, I don't know why

             F
Somehow I've been to places I've never been

     Gm
And I lived through things I don't understand

      Bb                              F
And I know things I'm not supposed to know

        Gm
But I'm fine with it

           Bb
I just get on with it

              F
'Cause I can't change it

Verse 2:

         F
They say keep in the flow and you'll never grow old

    Gm
But I've got a story that's yet been told

       Bb                          F
So I'm telling it while I'm living it

              F
See, it's the boys from the past that blazed my path

Gm
Waylon and Willie, Jerry Jeff and the rest

          Bb                                F
It's their blood and sweat that turned this dirt red

        Gm
But I'm fine with it

           Bb
I just get on with it

              F
'Cause I can't change it

Chorus:

    Bb
The day the red dirt blew through Texas

                                    F                Dm
The voices of a thousand souls fell gently around my shoulders

       F
Like a long lost friend

        Gm
I said "Hello boys, I'm glad you're here

            Bb
But there's work to be done

                F
Grab yourself a chair"

Verse 3:

   F
So Mike and Cody, I'm calling on you

Gm
Fifty Dollar Blue and Stoney, you too

       Bb                               F
Wade's got his getaway, yeah, and I got mine

         F
We gotta keep it true, we gotta see it through

         Gm
We gotta carry this torch, it'll get us through

          Bb                                    F
Oh, Jason Boland says we gotta do what we gotta do

          Gm
But we're fine with it

            Bb
We just get on with it

                F
'Cause we can't change it

Chorus:

    Bb
The day the red dirt blew through Texas

                                    F                Dm
The voices of a thousand souls fell gently around my shoulders

       F
Like a long lost friend

        Gm
I said "Hello boys, I'm glad you're here

            Bb
But there's work to be done

                   F
So grab yourself a chair"

Instrumental:
F  Gm  Bb  F  x4

Verse 4:

           F
They say, "Keep in the flow and you never grow old"

    Gm
But I've got a story that's yet been told

       Bb                          F
So I'm telling it while I'm living it

             F
See it's the boys from the past that blazed my path

Gm
Waylon and Willie, Jerry Jeff and the rest

          Bb                                F
It's their blood and sweat that turned this dirt red

        Gm
But I'm fine with it

           Bb
I just get on with it

               F
'Cause I can't change it, no, no, no

Chorus 2:

    Bb
The day the red dirt blew through Texas

                                       F               Dm
I cried a thousand tears for those who came before and those

               F
Who soon to follow

        Gm
I said "Hello boys, I'm glad you're here

            Bb
But there's work to be done

                   F
So grab yourself a chair"

Chorus 3:

    Bb
The day the red dirt blew through Texas

                                   F            Dm
The voices of a thousand exes sang out to me in harmonies

             F
Like I never heard before

         Gm
I said, "Hello girls, I'm glad you're here

            Bb
But there's work to be done

                            F
Could you bring us one more beer"

Tag:

        F
Well, I never been to the Great Divide

    Gm                                   F
But my journey started when I was just five