The Dying Truckdriver chords by The Delmore Brothers

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A truck on the highway
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was born fully red,
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shattered and battered all through.
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A crowd gathered round it,
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the wounded today,
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one dy ing boy there to view.
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He was a driver, he said to his friend,
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You've heard this message,
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my word is to end.
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God bless my mother,
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she's always a friend,
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Always a friend to the end.
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Mother, please listen, God holds the line,
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Gives me permission this
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message to send.
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I was not drinking or
tasting the wine,
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When I came rounding the bend.
Wounded and weary,
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this lad with a heart,
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told me the cause of the rape.
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Said that the drunkards
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who were driving their car,
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showed anything but respect.
They had a spotlight,
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shined it on him,
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causing his sight to be dimmed.
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God in his mercy can't blame it on him.
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God cannot blame it on him.
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When you are driving,
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there's others to mind,
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Good men and bad men of every kind.
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God gave the Bible a straight, narrow way.
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He doesn't want us to stray.
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Drivers, be careful and follow the rule.
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The rule that is golden all through.
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Do unto others as you would be done.
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Follow the prayer of this Son.
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Mother, please listen, God holds the line,
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Give me permission this mess is to spend.
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I  wasn't drinking or
pasting the wine,
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When I came rounding the bend.