Chattanooga City Limit Sign chords by
Johnny Cash
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Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was thumbing a
ride one Saturday morning
C
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Out of Nashville toting my sack
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D

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I lent my car to a
Girl that lived in Chattanooga
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And she hadn't brought it back
She was drinking pretty heavy when
I let her have it
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I hope she knows it was only a loan
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There's no telling what I might have
Told her back at the time
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But that old car was also my home
About five miles out I was
Getting kind of tired
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Sweating hard and feeling kind of weak
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I woke up with no cigarettes
And nothing to drink
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And I hadn't had a bite to eat
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My nerves were so quick I couldn't
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Tell where I was shaking
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C
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Then a set of brakes sang my song
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Some fellow stuck his head
out a '57 Chevy
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G

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And hollered, hey man come on
I told them I was heading
down to Chattanooga
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C

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They said, hop in we're going there too
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And the way they took off in a cloud of smoke
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I still can't believe it was true
They had their windows down and I
Was sitting in the back
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C

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With my tongue still hung in my throat
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He was hitting just about
a hundred and ten
And he said
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Man what do you think of this boat
Well there was two
semis struggling up ahead
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C

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One trying to pass the other
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They had the whole road blocked so
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He passed them on the right
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And let me tell you something brother
I was so nervous that
my teeth was clicking
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There wasn't any way
my head could think
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Then the one that was sitting
On the passenger side turned and said
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Hey man you want something to drink
I just shook my head
because I couldn't talk
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He said okay and then he said cheers
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The fools were drinking whiskey and wine
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And chasing it down with beer
Well I started sweating
that old sticky sweat
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And I know I was white as a sheep
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Then one turned the radio on wide open
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And said, hey man check that beat
By the time we reached the top of Monteagle
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I thought I heard a rumbling sound
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And then I saw a sign that said falling rock
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And right there I was floorboard bound
I was rolling and squirming
On the old floorboard
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Too weak to sit or stand
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And then the driver said we're
Doing a hundred and twenty
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Look, here man no hands
I got up enough nerve to
raise up and look
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And by now there couldn't be no surprise
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But his hair was blowing all over my face
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And dandruff blew in both eyes
He never did drive on the right or left
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He just kept on riding that line
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I rubbed my eyes and saw the
prettiest thing
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The Chattanooga city limit sign
He slowed down and I said
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Mister, please I'd like to
Get off right here
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He said, aw ride on into town with us
We're gonna go down and pick
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Up some more beer i said, please
Once more and he stopped the car
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And then he handed me my sack
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Said they'd look for me on the road later on
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In case I wanted to catch a ride back
I got out and sat down by
The side of the road
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Feeling sick and looking mighty pale
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I don't re member anything
much after that
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But next morning I woke up in jail
I didn't know anybody in my cell
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And didn't want to ask why was there
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But they all kept grinning
And turning their heads
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And it was more than my head could bear
So I called the jailer and I
Asked him to tell me
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Why I was there if he'd be so kind
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He said for stopping the traffic while
I was hugging and kissing
The Chattanooga city limit sign

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