Key: F# major
Intro 1
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C#m
F#
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B
B
Verse 1
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Sittin' in the kitchen, a house in Macon
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E
B
Loretta's singing on the radio
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E
B
Smell of coffee, eggs and ba con
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E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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Pull the curtains back and look outside
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E
B
Somebody somewhere I don't know
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Come on now child,
E
B
we're gonna go for a ride
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E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
Chorus 1
E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
Interlude 1
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F#
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B
B
Verse 2
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Can't find a damn thing in this place
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E
B
Nothing's where I left it before
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B
Set of keys and a dusty suitcase
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B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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There goes the screen door
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slamming shut
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B
You better do what you're told
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When I get back
E
B
this room better be picked- up
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E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
Chorus 2
E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
Interlude 2
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C#m
F#
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B
B
Verse 3
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Low hum of voices in the front seat
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B
Stories nobody knows
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B
Got folks in Jackson we're going to meet
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E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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Cotton fields stretching miles and miles
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E
B
Hank's voice on the radio
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Telephone poles trees
E
B
and wires fly on by
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E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
Chorus 3
E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
Interlude 3
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F#
C#m
F#
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B
B
Verse 4
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Broken down shacks engine parts
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B
Could tell a lie but my heart would know
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B
Listen to the dogs barkin' in the yard
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B
Car wheels on a gravel road
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Child in the backseat
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'bout four or five years
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B
Lookin' out the window
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B
Little bit of dirt mixed with tears
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B
Car wheels on a gravel road
Chorus 4
E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
E
B
Car wheels on a gravel road
Outro 1
F#
C#m
F#
C#m
F#
C#m
B
B
F#
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F#
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B
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF# C#m B E
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