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[Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (-1/2 Tone)]
[Intro]G Em Cadd9 D4 (Fill)G Em Cadd9 D4
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[Verse]GMe and my best friend LillianGAnd her blue tick hound dog Gideon,CSittin on the front porch cooling in the shadeGSingin every song the radio playedDWaitin for the Alabama sun to go downCTwo red dirt girls in a red dirt townG Em7 Cadd9 D4 (Fill)Me and Lillian[Chorus]Em7 Cadd9 D4 CJust across the line and a little southeast of Meridian.G[Verse]GShe loved her brother I remember back whenGHe was fixin up a '49 IndianCHe told her "Little sister, gonna ride the windGUp around the moon and back again".DHe never got farther than Vietnam,CI was standin' there with her when the telegram comeG Em7 Cadd9 D4For Lillian.[Chorus]Em7 Cadd9 D4 CNow he's lyin' somewhere about a million miles from Meridian.G[Interlude]DShe said there's not much hope for a red dirt girlCSomewhere out there is a great big worldGThat's where I'm boundDAnd the stars might fall on AlabamaCBut one of these days I'm gonna swingGMy hammer downDAway from this red dirt townGI'm gonna make a joyful sound[Instrumental]Em7 Cadd9 D4 GEm7 Cadd9 D4 G
[Verse]GShe grew up tall and she grew up thinGBuried that old dog GideonCBy a crepe myrtle bush at the back of the yard,GHer daddy turned mean and her mama leaned hardDGot in trouble with a boy from townCFigured that she might as well settle downG Em7 Cadd9 D4So she dug right in[Chorus]Em7 Cadd9 D4 CAcross a red dirt line just a little southeast of Meridian[Bridge]BmShe tried hard to love him but it never did takeCIt was just another way for the heart to breakGSo she learned to bend.BmBut one thing they don't tell you about the blues when you got'emCYou keep on falling cause there ain't no bottomGThere ain't no end.D GAt least not for Lillian[Verse]GNobody knows when she started her skid,GShe was only twenty seven and she had five kids.CCould'a been the whiskey, could'a been the pills,GCould'a been the dream she was trying to kill.DBut there won't be a mention in the news of the worldCAbout the life and the death of a red dirt girlG Em7 Cadd9 D4Named Lillian[Chorus]Em7 Cadd9 D4 CWho never got any further across the line than Meridian.[Outro]DNow the stars still fall on AlabamaCTonight she finally laidGThat hammer downDWithout a soundGIn the red dirt ground