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[Intro]
G
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[Verse 1]
G
DeFord was a man from Castlewood, Tenn’
D G
Blowed on that harp both night and day
How he wailed on them reeds ’til his lips wou
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[Intro]
D
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[Verse 1]
G
Woke up in a fever
C D
To a world gone wrong
Em C D
Lord, will this nightmare never end?
G
Seems a ruined natio
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[Intro]
Am
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[Verse 1]
Am
On the second of December we’ll always remember
As the day John Brown went marching in
Well, they took him from his cell with a .44 cal
Now he’s gone for t
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[Intro]
G G G
[Verse 1]
G C
Just a blue ridge boy in Albemarle
D G
Born to hitch a ride upon a shooting star
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[Intro]
D A D A
[Chorus]
D
Driving down the Lincoln Highway
G
Driving down the Lincoln Highway
A
Going to California just as sure as you're bo
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CAPO: 4th FRET
[Intro]
C Dm C Dm
[Verse]
C Em
Ran into my old friend by the side of the road today
C
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[Intro]
C F C/E Dm C
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[Verse 1]
Am E/Ab
She’ll be the color of the big muddy
F C
Green as a burial mound
F C
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[Intro]
E A E A
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[Verse]
E A
..My old time friend
E A
..Our wildest days
E A
..Were caught in the wind
G#m F#m
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[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G
I was sawing my fiddle in the Smokies
C
At this roadside biker bar
G
When I met a long haired hillbilly after the show
A
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Capo 2nd fret
[Intro]
G D
[Verse 1]
G D7 G
Old Noah filled the ark up, as the flood was gettin high
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[Intro]
Em G D A
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Em G D A
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Em G D A
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Em G D A
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[Verse]
Em G D A
If you’re thumbin’ down a dog-town road….
Em
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[Intro]
D G A7 D G A7 D
[Verse 1]
D G
You're fussing and you're feuding and fighting
A7 D
Wit