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Red Dirt Road by Brooks And Dunn
Red Dirt Road
Tuning: standard
Intro
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For these parts of the song, it sounds best to play with a slide. If you don't wish to
that, just bend the notes where a slide is.
After the 1st chorus
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After the 2nd chorus
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Outro
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version 2
Intro
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I was raised
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off of rural route three Out past
where the black top ends, We'd
walk to church on Sunday morning
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And race barefoot back to Johnson's Fence
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That's where I first saw Mary
On that roadside, pickin' blackberries
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That summer I turned a corner in my soul
Down that Red Dirt Road
Chorus
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10 9
It's where I drank my first beer
9 9
It's where I found Jesus
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Where I wrecked my first car
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I tore it all to pieces
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10 9
I learned the path to heaven
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Is full of sinners and believers
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Learned that happiness on earth
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ain't just for high achievers
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I've learned - I've come
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to know There's life at both ends
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Of that Red Dirt Road
Bridge
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Her daddy didn't
Verse 2
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like me much
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In my shackled up GTO
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I'd sneak out in the middle of the night
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Throw rocks at her bedroom window
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(12)
We'd turn out the headlights
Drive by the moon light
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Talk about what the future might hold
Down that Red Dirt Road
CHORUS
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10 12
I went out into the world
10 9
And I came back in
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I lost Mary
9 10
Oh, but I got her back again
10 9
Drivin' home tonight
10 9 12
felt like a long lost friend
Chorus
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version 3
Intro F - C - Dm
(verse)
F C
I was raised off route 3, out past where the blacktop ends,
F
We’d walk to church on Sunday morn
Bb
and race barefoot back to Johnsons Fence
F
That's where I first saw Mary,
C
On that roadside pickin blackberries,
Dm Bb
that summer I turned a corner in my soul
C F
down that red dirt road,
(Chorus)
F
It's where I drank my first beer,
C
It's where I found Jesus,
Dm
Where I wrecked my first car
Bb
I tore it all to pieces,
F
I learned the path to heaven,
C
It's full of sinners and believers,
Dm
Learned that happiness on earth,
Bb
Ain't just for high achievers,
Gm Am
I've learned, I've come to know,
Bb C
There's life at both ends,
F
That red dirt road,
(verse)
Her daddy didn't like me much,
In my shakled up GTO,
I'd sneak out in the middle of the night,
Throw rocks at her bedroom window,
We'd turn out the headlights,
Drive by the moonlight,
Talk about what the future might hold,
Down that red dirt road,
(go to chorus then to lead,
lead chords are ( F - C - Dm - Bb - F - C - Dm)
then bridge below)
(Bridge)
Gm Am
I went out into the world,
Bb
And I came back in,
Gm Am
I lost Mary,
Bb
Oh I got her back again,
Gm Am
And drivin home tonight
Bb C
Feels like I found a long lost friend,
(go to chorus then lead out)
Lead out chords are ( F - C - Dm - Bb)
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