Route No. 1, Box 144 chords by Johnny Cash
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
His dying (G major) barely (C major) made
the morning pa (G major) per
And they summed (D major) it up in
twenty words or (G major) more (C major)
Killed in action leaves wife (G major) and baby
At Route (C major) #1, Box (D major) (G major) 144
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Verse 2
He grew up on a (C major) little farm
Just a couple of miles (G major) out of town
As a boy he worked in his daddy's (D major) field
And (D minor) when his daddy could spare (G major) him
Verse 3
He hired (G major) out to the neighbors
For whatever they could pay (C major) him
He was thought of as just
average a good boy
(G major) Nothing more the average
amount of friends
(D major) He married his high
Verse 4
school sweetheart (G major)
They brought a little plot of ground
Couple of miles out of town
(C major) on a mailbox it said
(G major) Route #1, Box (D major) 144
Well, back in town there (G major) were very
Verse 5
few people
That really knew him because he
hardly (C major) ever came to town
Except for maybe on Sat (G major) urdays of course
The usual crew was always there
But he didn't spend (D major) a lot
of times with the usual crew (G major)
Verse 6
He took care of his (G major) business
Bought what he had to have or could
afford (C major) for his family
And went back (G major) to his little farm
(D major) With a baby on the way
he went to the (D minor) army
And it was just a short (G major) while
that the news came
That he was killed in ac (C major) tion
Verse 7
His body was sent back (G major) on a plane
and then by train
And then they (D major) brought the
body from the train station
(G major) To Route #1, Box 144
Verse 8
He never (G major) did great things (C major) to
be re (G major) membered
He'd never (D major) been away
from home be (G major) fore (C major)
But you'd've thought that
he was president or something (G major)
At Route (G major) #1, Box 144
(D major) (G major)
Route No. 1, Box 144
Johnny Cash
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