Key: C major•
Intro 1
C
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C
C
Verse 1
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guys fresh out of work
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F
C
Talking about the weekend,
G
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scrubbing off the dirt
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F
F
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some looking to get hurt
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C
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G
C
wearing trouble on their shirts
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C
F
Verse 2
F
C
for the county out on ninety five
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G
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and watch the traffic pass me by
F
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F
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of a pretty little miss
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F
G
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lead a better life than this
Chorus 1
G
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laying down the blacktop
G
C
all day long I don't stop
G
C
blasting through the bedrock
G
C
working on the highway
Interlude 1
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F
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G
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F
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G
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Verse 3
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I met her at a dance down at the union hall
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G
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back up against the wall
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the Union tracks
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and she looked straight back
Chorus 2
G
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laying down the blacktop
G
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all day long I don't stop
G
C
blasting through the bedrock
G
C
working on the highway
Interlude 2
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G
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G
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Bridge 1
Am
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I saved up my money and I put it all away
Am
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"Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl
Verse 4
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C
we got along all right
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G
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And they took me in a black-and-white
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that he made on that day
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and he put me straight away
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to the work bell clang
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Charlotte County road gang
Chorus 3
G
C
laying down the blacktop
G
C
all day long I don't stop
G
C
blasting through the bedrock
G
C
working on the highway
Chorus 4
G
C
laying down the blacktop
G
C
all day long I don't stop
G
C
blasting through the bedrock
G
C
working on the highway
Outro 1
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G
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G
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G
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