Highway Patrolman chords by Whitey Morgan
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Intro 1
(D major)
My name is Joe (A major) Roberts,
Verse 1
(D major)
(G major) I work for the state (D major)
I'm a sergeant out on
Perenville barracks num (A major) ber (D major) 8
I've always done an honest job,
(G major) honest as I could (D major)
Got a brother named Frankie, (A major)
Frankie (D major) ain't no good
Verse 2
(D major)
Ever since (A major) we were young (D major) kids,
it's been (G major) the same come down (D major)
I'd get a call on the short wave,
Frankie's in trouble (A major) downtown
Well, (D major) if it was any other man,
(G major) I'd put him straight away
(D major) But sometimes when it's your brother (A major) ,
you look the other way
(D major)
Verse 3
Yeah, me (G major) and Frankie laughin' and drink (D major) in',
nothin' feels (G major) better than blood on blood (D major)
Takin' turns (G major) dancin' with Maria (D major) while the band
played "The Night of the Johnstown (A major) Flood"
I (D major) catch him when he's strayin',
(G major) like any brother (D major) should
Man turns his back on his fam (A major) ily,
he (D major) ain't no good
Verse 4
Well, Frankie (D major) went into (A major) the
army (D major) back in (G major) (D major) 1965
I got a farm deferment, settled down,
took Mari (A major) a for my wife
But them (D major) wheat prices (A major) kept on droppin',
(D major) 'til it (A major) was like (G major) we's gettin' robbed (D major)
Frankie came home in (A major) '68, and me,
I took this (D major) job
Verse 5
Yeah, me (G major) and Frankie laughin' and drink (D major) in',
nothin' feels (G major) better than blood on blood (D major)
Takin' turns (G major) dancin' with Mari (D major) a while the band
played "The Night of the Johnstown (A major) Flood"
(D major) I catch him when he's strayin',
teach (G major) him how to walk that line (D major)
Man turns his back on his fam
(A major) ily ain't no friend of mine
(D major)
Verse 6
The night was like any other,
I got a call (G major) 'bout a quarter to nine (D major)
There was trouble at a roadhouse
out on the Michigan (A major) line
There (D major) was a kid on the floor, lookin' bad,
bleed (G major) in' hard from his head (D major)
There was a girl cryin' at a table,
(A major) it was Frankie, (D major) she said
Verse 7
(D major) I ran out and I (A major) jumped in my car, (D major)
(G major) then I hit the light (D major) s
I must have done about a hundred and
ten to Michigan County (A major) that night
It was (D major) down by the crossroads,
out (G major) by willow bank
(D major) Seen the Buick with Ohio (A major) plates,
behind the wheel was (D major) Frank
Verse 8
Well, (D major) I chased him through them county roads,
'til the sign (G major) said Canadian border five miles (D major) from here
Pulled over to the side out the high (A major) way,
watched the taillights dis (D major) appear
Verse 9
Yeah, me (G major) and Frankie laughin' (D major) and drinkin',
nothin' feels (G major) better than blood on blood (D major)
Takin' turns (G major) dancin' with Mari (D major) a while the band
played "The Night of the Johnstown (A major) Flood"
(D major) I catch him when he's strayin',
(G major) like any brother (D major) should
Man turns his back on his fam (A major) ily,
he ain't no good
Highway Patrolman
Whitey Morgan
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