D - A - Bm
D
A
1. I was raised off of route 3, out past where the blacktop ends,
D
we’d walk to church on Sunday
morn,
G
and race barefoot back to
Johnson’s fence.
D
- A
That's where I first saw
Mary, on that
roadside pickin’ blackberries,
Bm
G
A D
that summer I turned a corner
in my soul, down that red dirt road.
D
- A
It's where I drank my first beer, it's
where I found Jesus,
Bm
G
where I wrecked my first car,
I tore it all to pieces.
D
- A
I learned the path to
heaven is full of sinners and
believers,
Bm
G
learned that
happiness on earth ain't just for high achievers.
Em F#m
G
I've learned, I've come to know, there's life at both ends
A D
of that red
dirt road.
+ A - Bm
D
A
2. Her daddy didn't like me much, in my shackled up GTO,
D
I'd sneak out in the middle of
the night,
G
throw rocks at her bedroom
window.
D - A
We'd turn out the
headlights, drive by the
moonlight,
Bm
G A D
talk about what the future
might hold, down that red dirt road.
+ CHORUS + D - A - Bm - G (2x)
Em F#m G
I went out into the world, and
I came back in,
Em F#m G
I lost Mary, oh, I got her back again,
Em F#m G
A
and drivin’
home tonight feels like I found a long lost friend.
D
- A
It's where I drank my first beer, it's
where I found Jesus,
Bm G
where I wrecked my first car,
I tore it all to pieces.
D
- A
I learned the path to
heaven is full of sinners and
believers,
Bm G
learned that
happiness on earth ain't just for high achievers.
Em F#m
G
I've learned, I've come to know, there's life at both ends
A D
of that red
dirt road.
+ D - A - Bm - G (2x) - D
(orig. = capo 3rd) (Brooks
& Dunn)