Red Dirt Road tab by Cody Johnson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: E

Difficulty: Intermediate

Brooks & Dunn with Cody Johnson
Red Dirt Road
Key of E

Intro:

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Verse 1:
I was raised off of Rural Route 3
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Out past where the black top ends
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We'd walk to church on Sunday morning
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Race barefoot back to Johnson's fence
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That's where I first saw Mary
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On that roadside pickin blackberries
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That summer I turned a corner in my soul
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Down that Red Dirt Road
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Verse 2:

Her daddy didn't like me much
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In my shackled up GTO
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I'd sneak out in the middle of the night
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Throw rocks at her bedroom window
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We'd turn out the headlights
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Drive by the moonlight
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Talk about what the future might hold
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Down that Red Dirt Road
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Chorus:
It's where I drank my first beer
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It's where I found Jesus
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Where I wrecked my first car
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I tore it all to pieces
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I learned the path to heaven
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Is full of sinners and believers
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Learned that happiness on earth  Ain't just for high acheivers
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I've learned  I've come to know
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There's life at both ends
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   Of that Red Dirt Road
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Bridge:
We went out into the world
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Then we came back in
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I lost Mary Oh, I got her back again
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And driving home tonight
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Feels like I've found a long lost friend
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Chorus:

It's where I drank my first beer
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It's where I found Jesus
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Where I wrecked my first car
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I tore it all to pieces
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I learned the path to heaven
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Is full of sinners and believers
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Learned that happiness on earth  Ain't just for high acheivers
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I've learned  I've come to know
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There's life at both ends
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Oh, I've come to know that there's life at both ends
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Of that Red Dirt Road
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Outro:
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