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Pride Of Franklin County by Tanya Tucker

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Key: Db
Tuning: E A D G B E

Intro:

C  F  C  F (x2)
 
 
Verse 1:
C                     F             C
  All through school
he did real well
C                G
  Got a good job in the sawmill, yeah.
C                     F             C
  But he wanted more
so he went away.
      C                    G
As he stepped on board the 8-0-2
         F              C
He could hear his daddy say

Chorus:
              C                       F     C
Listen to the big bell ringin' on the   hillside
           C                     G
I hear the town choir singin' oh   so sweet and high
C                   F          C
  Lady Luck's got a   heart of stone
           C                 G
You're the pride of Franklin County
          F                  C
Don't you leave your natural home
 
 
[Interlude]
C  F  C  F
     Oh
C  F  C  F
 
 
Verse 2:
C                  F               C
  A small town kid   with big city blues
C                  G
  A yearnin' heart   and taped up shoes yeah
C                F              C
  He wanted more   so he went astray
C                 G
Took a gun and he stole a car
    F             C
And he was on his way
 
 
Chorus:
              C                       F     C
Listen to the big bell ringin' on the   hillside
           C                     G
I hear the town choir singin' oh   so sweet and high
C                     F          C
  Lady Luck she had a   heart of stone
        C                 G
But the pride of Franklin County's
      F              C
Gonna make it on his own
 
 
[Interlude]
C   F   C   F
C#  F#  C#  F#
 
 
Verse 3:
C#              F#             C#
  He got tough
Lord, he was hard
C#
  Yeah, he robbed a bank
    G#
Oh
didn't see the guard
C#
  The guard shot him down
F#          N.C.      C# N.C.
  And as he lay there dying
       G# N.C.                 F#  N.C.
People gathered round and they swore they heard him say
 
 
Chorus:
N.C.
Listen to the big bell ringin' on the   hillside
N.C.
And the town choir singin' oh   so sweet and high
N.C.
Lady Luck's got a   heart of stone
N.C.
Now the pride of Franklin County's goin' home
 
 
Chorus:
D                       G     D
Big bell ringin' on the   hillside
          D                     A
Heqar the town choir singin' oh   so sweet and high
D                     G           D
  Lady Luck she has a   heart of stone
        D        A                       G     D
Now the pride of Franklin County's goin' home, yeah
 
 
Outro:
        D        A                       G   N.C.  D
Now the pride of Franklin County's goin' home
                     D
Pride is comin' home