No capo version Intro: D# G# D# A#7 D# G# D# A#7 D# Verse 1: D# G# Sawing logs out Back Creek Way aint had a good rest in seven days D# A#7 and late nights and long days just run together D# G# And cold and wet is all we get muddy, rainy, sloppy mess D# A#7 D# it seems like it might stay this way forever
Verse 2: D# G# Spent this winter in a run down Shack but it ain't mine and it it ain't Pat’s D# A#7 who just stays in and makes his livin turnin wrenches down the road D# G# and the owners stay not far away in a family Cemetery grave D# A#7 D# and what we'd give to learn half of what they know Chorus: G# And a sharp left turn off 50 West D# it's the old hold place where good folks D# A#7 rest after a long day of hauling freight D# G# And I always wanted my own home there with two bedrooms and spiral D# A#7 D# stairs but live there in a tent cuz couldn't wait Verse 3: D# G# And Daniel's got one on the way with the girl he met just the other day D# A#7 four or five or six long years ago D# G# And time’s flown by since he brought her there and rocky times have' had their share D# A#7 D# but she far from the girl I met when I was 15 years old Verse 4: G# D# Joe's moved across the mountain he ain't slowed down on all his poutin about D# A#7 the things that he don't understand D# G# he still says he don't want no children but Amanda’s ready and she's willing D# A#7 D# we all wonder how much she can stand Chorus: G# And a sharp left turn off 50 West D# it's the old hold place where good folks D# A#7 rest after a long day of hauling freight D# G# And I always wanted my own home there with two bedrooms and spiral D# A#7 D# stairs but live there in a tent cuz couldn't wait Instrumental: D# G# D# A#7 D# G# D# A#7 D# Verse 5: D# G# Randall sunk his daily driver and Uncle Johnny's fresh retired D# A#7 like you claimed he would for seven years D# G# and he lets me sleep on his back lawn he gets drunk and carries on D# A#7 D# and I play tricks to get my kicks puttin water in his beer Verse 6: G# Jeremy lives right across the road D# A#7 he ain't came a damn short close enough to get a mention in this song D# G# he spends his weekends out of state at the Shock Stone Mill up in PA# D# A#7 D# and burns away his troubles in a bong Chorus: G# And a sharp left turn off 50 West D# it's the old hold place where good folks D# A#7 rest after a long day of hauling freight D# G# And I always wanted my own home there with two bedrooms and spiral D# A#7 D# stairs but live there in a tent cuz couldn't wait Verse 6: D# G# And Uncle Donald and Aunt Joan are the heartbeat and the cornerstone D# A#7 Of everything that I have come to know D# G# and all my days out in Gore Town spending weekends throwing down D# A#7 D# me, my cousins and all of my kinfolk Chorus: G# And a sharp left turn off 50 West D# it's the old hold place where good folks D# A#7 rest after a long day of hauling freight D# G# And I always wanted my own home there with two bedrooms and spiral D# A#7 D# stairs but live there in a tent cuz couldn't wait Outro: D# G# A#7 D# And I sit her in contentment with my fate