Old 441 chords by Corey Smith

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse:
G+G                  C majorC
The highway 441 don't look much the same
G+G
They straightened out all the curves and
        C majorC
turned it four-lane
D MajorD
They by-passed every downtown clear
     G+G   E minorEm
up to Clayton
A minorAm                    D MajorD
We make better time now but damn it's a bore

Chorus:
             C majorC
So honey, let's take the long way
       G+G
Hang a hard left and then bare to the right
               C majorC
Hell, I ain't been through Clarksville
   G+G
Since I was just learnin' to drive
         D MajorD
We used to come fish in the creeks around here
        A minorAm
A augmentedA few cans of corn and a twelve-pack of beer
        D MajorD
We'd walk the banks till it was too dark to see
       A minorAm      G+G      C majorC
Momma'd be drunk so she's hand me the keys and say
D MajorD      G+G    C majorC
Go back the long way
   G+G     C majorC
The long way


Verse:
G+G                          C majorC
I used to drive across the gorge every couple weekends
G+G                     C majorC
Baby sister was just barely walkin' back then
D MajorD                     G+G  E minorEm
I never stayed long 'cause momma made me crazy
A minorAm                     D MajorD
I'd hang out until dinner and say I got to go
C majorC
And I'd head back down the long way
         G+G
And step off in Demarest ?: I got the urge
         C majorC
To see my old sweetheart
    G+G
If I's lucky I'd sleep there with her
      D MajorD
I swore I loved her but I never did
          A minorAm
I thought I was a man but I's just a kid
      D MajorD
Before the Lord brought you into my life
         A minorAm      G+G      C majorC
I traveled this road but I's lost all the time
D MajorD      G+G     C majorC
Out on the long way
   G+G     C majorC
The long way
G+G                         C majorC  E minorEm
Tiger Mountain ain't far from the house where she died
G+G                        C majorC
She drifted off in her sleep on a clear Sunday night
D MajorD                     G+G   E minorEm
She called me that day, I said momma I'm busy
A minorAm                      D MajorD
I woke up Monday mornin', found out she was gone

Chorus:
C majorC
So we went back the long way
G+G
It was the only way there used to be
            C majorC
And i's cryin' like a baby
  G+G
So you did the drive in for me
       D MajorD
I'll never forget how gentle you were
 A minorAm
Holdin' my hand, standin' over her
       D MajorD
I knew back then you'd be the woman I'd
    A minorAm         G+G    C majorC
Lovin' you's one thing I don't regret
   G+G           C majorC
And we've come a long way
  G+G     C majorC
A augmentedA long way
   G+G                C majorC
The highway 441 don't look much the same