Out On The Highway
The EverybodyfieldsVersion1
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out on the highway son be careful
your mother sure loves you
smell of liquor and gasoline
you knew then what you were born to do
they put Roosevelt in office
they took the farm the family had to go
we dont have to do much farming
for the corn mash, or the copper, or the oak trees
two years ago this april
bout the time when he made that first run
it was just to Carolina
but I was thinking this awful thing Id done
back home in Kentucky it was sundown
when he slipped right through the door
and he was wide eyed and sweaty
and he said he would be ready by the mornin
we made whiskey in the morning
we made whiskey morning, noon, and nigt
when you were at home it was the only sleep
your mother got at night
shed just sit there by the window
crying boy oh when you comin home
at night I see her there on her knees and in her prayers
she says oh Jesus dont leave us here alone
sixty miles an hour after midnight
he roared oer that county line
there were patrol cars in the bushes
and they were waiting for just the right time
they turned the lights on in the curve
and the Plymouth started swerving left to right
and it sounded like a cannon
as the shotguns ripped apart the night
let his soul rest in Kentucky
where he wont have to be lucky anymore
I can still here him laughing
bout the police he outrun the night before
the bullets in his door
out on the highway son be careful
your mother sure loves you
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Readable chord sheet for Out On The Highway by The Everybodyfields
[C] [F] [C]out on the highway son be [F]careful your mother sure loves [C]you smell of liquor and gasoline you knew [F]then what you were born to [C]do they put [Am]Roosevelt in office they [F]took the farm the family had to [C]go we dont [Am]have to do much farming for the [F]corn mash, or the copper, or the [C]oak [G]trees [C] [F] [C]two years ago this april bout the [F]time when he made that first [C]run it was just to Carolina but I was [F]thinking this awful thing Id [C]done [Am]back home in Kentucky it was [F]sundown when he slipped right through the [C]door and he was [Am]wide eyed and sweaty and he [F]said he would be ready by the [C]mornin [G] [C] [F] [C]we made whiskey in the morning we made [F]whiskey morning, noon, and [C]nigt when you were at home it was the [F]only sleep your mother got at [C]night shed just [Am]sit there by the window crying [F]boy oh when you comin [C]home at [Am]night I see her there on her [F]knees and in her prayers she says oh [C]Jesus dont leave us here [G]alone [C] [F] [C]sixty miles an hour after [F]midnight he roared oer that county [C]line there were patrol cars in the bushes and they were [F]waiting for just the right [C]time they turned the [Am]lights on in the curve and the [F]Plymouth started swerving left to [C]right and it [Am]sounded like a cannon as the [F]shotguns ripped apart the [C]night [G] [C] [F] let his [Am]soul rest in Kentucky where he [F]wont have to be lucky a[C]nymore I can [Am]still here him laughing bout the [F]police he outrun the night [C]before the bullets in his [G]door [C] [F] [C]out on the highway son be [F]careful your mother sure loves [C]you