Route No. 1, Box 144

Route No. 1, Box 144 easy guitar chords by Johnny Cash

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Fret 2

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  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Dm

  • G

  • D

  • C

  • Dm

  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    His 
    dying 
    barely 
    made 

    the morning 
    pa
    per 

    And 
    they 
    summed 
    it 
    up 
    in 

    twenty 
    words 
    or 
    more 

    Killed 
    in action 
    leaves 
    wife 
    and 
    baby 

    At 
    Route 
    #1, Box 
    144 

    Verse 2
    He grew 
    up 
    on 
    little 
    farm 

    Just 
    a couple 
    of miles 
    out 
    of 
    town 

    As 
    a boy 
    he 
    worked 
    in 
    his daddy's 
    field 

    And 
    when his 
    daddy 
    could 
    spare 
    him 

    Verse 3
    He hired 
    out 
    to the 
    neighbors 

    For 
    whatever 
    they 
    could 
    pay 
    him 

    He 
    was 
    thought 
    of 
    as just 

    average 
    a good 
    boy 

    Nothing 
    more 
    the 
    average 

    amount 
    of friends 

    He 
    married 
    his 
    high 
    Verse 4
    school 
    sweetheart 

    They 
    brought 
    a little 
    plot 
    of ground 

    Couple 
    of miles 
    out of 
    town 

    on 
    a mailbox 
    it said 

    Route 
    #1, Box 
    144 

    Well, back 
    in town 
    there 
    were 
    very 
    Verse 5

    few 
    people 

    That 
    really 
    knew him 
    because 
    he 

    hardly 
    ever 
    came 
    to 
    town 

    Except 
    for maybe 
    on 
    Sat
    urdays 
    of 
    course 

    The 
    usual 
    crew 
    was 
    always 
    there 

    But 
    he didn't 
    spend 
    a lot 

    of times 
    with 
    the usual 
    crew 

    Verse 6
    He 
    took 
    care 
    of his 
    business 

    Bought 
    what 
    he 
    had 
    to have 
    or could 

    afford 
    for 
    his family 

    And went 
    back 
    to his 
    little 
    farm 

    With 
    a baby 
    on the 
    way 

    he 
    went 
    to the 
    army 

    And 
    it was 
    just 
    a short 
    while 

    that 
    the 
    news 
    came 

    That 
    he was 
    killed 
    in 
    ac
    tion 

    Verse 7
    His 
    body 
    was 
    sent 
    back 
    on 
    a plane 

    and then 
    by 
    train 

    And then 
    they 
    brought 
    the 

    body 
    from 
    the train 
    station 

    To 
    Route 
    #1, Box 
    144 

    Verse 8
    He 
    never 
    did 
    great 
    things 
    to 

    be 
    re
    membered 

    He'd 
    never 
    been 
    away 

    from 
    home 
    be
    fore 

    But 
    you'd've 
    thought 
    that 

    he was 
    president 
    or 
    something 

    At 
    Route 
    #1, Box 144 


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