Drivin' Cross Russia chords by
Joe Ely

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Key: E major•

Verse 1

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Driving cross

Russia in my

flesh colored caddy

with my pet pig on the front seat

that I call Big Daddy

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And a tape in the player playing

codlin' Jimmie Rodgers

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and a tenant on each antenna

of the Astros and the dodgers

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The people all so curious

they all stop and stare

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I guess they never seen a pig

rocking in a rocking chair

Verse 2

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I stopped into a farm town, it looked a little

like Lubbock

I met me a farmer who's down on his luck

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His tractor was hitting' on two out of four

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I pulled out my tool kit and into it I tore

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I told him the bad news his

crankshaft was gone

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He invited me to dinner said my

Verse 3

pig could come along

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You take it as it comes

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leave it where it goes

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Your quicker on your feet

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without a heavy load

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You never know what's comin'

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'til it hits you on the back

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You never know it's gone until it's

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way on down the tracks

Verse 4

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His wife she set the table, hot potatoes

and bread

she reminded me of someone in a Tolstoy

book I'd read

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His daughters were pretty they had

bright shiny cheeks

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I could feel their eyes

were playin hide and seek

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He nodded to the daughter

dressed in white petticoats

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I swallowed so hard the

bread stuck in my throat

Verse 5

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It was time to turn it in ,I needed a little sleep

I went to to my caddy,

and I climbed in the backseat

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Just when I was dreaming' of

a great big grocery store

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I heard someone outside

tapping' up on my caddy door

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I knew that I's in trouble

by the look in her eye

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But I became an in stant diplomat

Verse 6

and I invited her inside

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Take it as it comes, leave it as it goes

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Your quicker on your feet

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with out a heavy load

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You never know what's coming'

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til it hits you in the back

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You never know it's gone til

it's way down the track

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Verse 7

The next morning at breakfast

things were kinda quiet

You could hear the butter melting

on a cold butter knife

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The farmer gave the signal

and through the door did break

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all the neighbors and the relatives

with a great big wedding cake

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There were mandolins and accordions,

vodka and wine

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I somehow felt I'd stumbled

Verse 8

across the borderline

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But I accepted my fate cause

I had no other choice

I heard my home state calling

me in a codlin' kind of voice

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I grabbed my brand new bride

and I said let's vamoose

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I wished her family well,

as they were gettin pretty loose

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I give the farmer my caddy so

he could pull his plow

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The boys back in the pool will

never believe me now

Verse 9

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Hitch hiker cross Russia with my

bride and pet pig

That's what I got

for bragging talking all big

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I'll never bet my boss again

that I can make it my own

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I'll know better next time just

to leave well enough alone

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Meanwhile me and Natasha

gonna jump off at this place

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see if we can get distraction

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