Capo: 1
Intro: G x 4
G Cadd9 G
Seen a man standin' over a dead dog lyin' by the highway in a ditch
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He's lookin' down kinda puzzled pokin' that dog with a stick
G Cadd9 G
Got his car door flung open he's standin' out on Highway 31
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Like if he stood there long enough that dog'd get up and run
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It struck me kinda funny, seemed kinda funny sir to me
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Still at the end of every hard day people find some reason to believe
G Cadd9 G
Now Mary Lou loved Johnny with a love mean and true
D
She said "Baby I'll work for you every day, bring my money home to you"
G Cadd9 G
One day he up and left her and ever since that
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She waits down at the end of that dirt road for young Johnny to come back
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Struck me kinda funny, funny yeah indeed
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How at the end of every hard-earned day you can find some reason to believe
Instr: / G / Cadd9/ D/f#/ G / x2
G Cadd9 G
Take a baby to the river, Kyle William they called him
D
Wash the baby in the water, take away little Kyle's sin
G Cadd9 G
In a whitewash shotgun shack an old man passes away
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Take the body to the graveyard and over him they pray
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Lord won't you tell us, tell us what does it mean
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At the end of every hard-earned day people find some reason to believe
G Cadd9 G
Congregation gathers down by the riverside
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Preacher stands with his Bible, groom stands waitin' for his bride
G Cadd9 G (2)
Congregation gone, sun sets behind a weepin' willow tree
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Groom stands all alone and watches the river rush on effortlessly
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Wonderin' where can his baby be
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Still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
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