[Intro]
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[Intro]
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[Verse]
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I was raised off of Rural Route 3, 
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out past where the blacktop ends, 
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We'd walk to church on Sunday mornin' 
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and race barefoot back to Johnson's fence 
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    That's where I first saw Mary, 
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    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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It's where I drank my first beer, 
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     It's where I found Jesus, 
Bm 
     Where I wrecked my first car 
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I tore it all to pieces, 
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    I learned the path to heaven, 
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     It's 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 to know, 
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there's life at both ends    of that red dirt road
[Verse]
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Her daddy didn't 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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     We'd turn out the headlights, 
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     Drive by the moonlight, 
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     Talk about what the future might hold, 
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Down that red dirt road,
[Chorus]
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It's where I drank my first beer, 
A 
     It's where I found Jesus, 
Bm 
     Where I wrecked my first car 
  G 
I tore it all to pieces, 
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    I learned the path to heaven, 
A 
     It's full of sinners and believers, 
Bm 
    Learned that happiness on earth, 
      G 
Ain't just for high achievers, 
     Em                    F#m 
I've learned, I've come to know, 
                G         A 
there's life at both ends    of that red dirt road
[Solo]
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[Bridge]
       Em             F#m 
I went out into the world, 
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And I came back in, 
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    I lost Mary, 
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Oh, I got her back again 
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    And driving home tonight 
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Feels like I found a long lost friend,
[Chorus]
D 
   It's where I drank my first beer, 
A 
    It's where I found Jesus, 
Bm 
   Where I wrecked my first car 
  G 
I tore it all to pieces, 
D 
   I learned the path to heaven, 
A 
   Is full of sinners and believers, 
Bm 
    Learned that happiness on earth, 
      G 
Ain't just for high achievers, 
     Em                    F#m 
I've learned, I've come to know, 
                G         A 
there's life at both ends    of that red dirt road
[Outro]
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          Em                    F#m 
Yes, I've learned, I've come to know, 
                G         A 
there's life at both ends    of that red dirt road
[Solo]
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