The Night You Wrote That Song chords by Gretchen Peters
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Verse 1
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the rednecks are drawing
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their lines down in East Tennessee
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Their cannons are primed
and they're fit to be tied,
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I be lieve
And the man in the gray flannel suit
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does not walk on the street
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Say, does anyone know
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what became of the old Opry?
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Now the cowboys have taken an axe
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to the old hanging tree
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They've traded their guns for a guitar
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and two bags of weed
And they'll swear in a slow Texas draw,
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all the killin' is done
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I believe them by God,
but I'm keeping my back
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to the sun
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Tomorrow is out of sight
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Yesterday's dead and gone
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You never knew how right you were
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the night you wrote that song
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Well, the truck -driving man
makes his stops
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where the coffee is free
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El Paso this morning,
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tonight it'll be Tennessee
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An d he spends all his miles
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on the dials of a poppin' CB
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Say, anyone know
what became of old Ralph
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Emery?
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Tomorrow is out of sight,
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yesterday's dead and gone
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You never knew how right you were
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the night you wrote that song
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Yesterday's newspaper forecasts
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no rain for today
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Oh, but yesterday's news is old news,
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now the skies are all grey
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But the East Texas hills are alive
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with its children in the spring
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Say, does anyone know
what became of my sweet
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Angelina?
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Tomorrow is out of sight
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Yesterday's dead and gone
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You never knew how right you were
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the night you wrote that song
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You
The Night You Wrote That Song
Gretchen Peters
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