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[Intro]
[D] [A]
[Verse]
I was [D]raised off route 3,
out [A]past where the blacktop ends,
[D]We'd walk to church on Sunday morn
and race[G]race barefoot back to Johnsons Fence
[D]That's where I first saw Mary,
[A]On that roadside picking blackberries,
[Bm]that summer I turned a corner[G]corner in my soul
down that[A]that red dirt [D]road,
[Chorus]
[D]It's where I drank my first beer,
[A]It's where I found Jesus,
[Bm]Where I wrecked my first car
I [G]tore it all to pieces,
[D]I learned the path to heaven,
[A]It's full of sinners and believers,
[Bm]Learned that happiness on earth,
Ain't [G]just for high achievers,
I've [Em]learned, I've come to [F#m]know,
There's life at[G]at both ends
[A]Of that red dirt [D]road,
[Verse]
[D]Her daddy didn't like me much,
In my [A]shackled up GTO,
[D]I'd sneak out in the middle of the night,
Throw[G]Throw rocks at her bedroom window,
[D]We'd turn out the headlights,
[A]Drive by the moonlight,
[Bm]Talk about what the future might [G]hold,
Down that [A]red dirt [D]road,
[Chorus]
[D]It's where I drank my first beer,
[A]It's where I found Jesus,
[Bm]Where I wrecked my first car
I [G]tore it all to pieces,
[D]I learned the path to heaven,
[A]It's full of sinners and believers,
[Bm]Learned that happiness on earth,
Ain't [G]just for high achievers,
I've [Em]learned, I've come to [F#m]know,
There's life at[G]at both ends
[A]Of that red dirt [D]road,
[Bridge]
I wen[Em]went out into the [F#m]world,
And I [G]came back in,
[Em]I lost [F#m]Mary,
Oh I [G]got her back again
[Em]And driving home [F#m]tonight
Feels like I found a[G]a long lost [A]frien[Asus4]friend,
[Verse]
[D]It's where I drank my first beer,
[A]It's where I found Jesus,
[Bm]Where I wrecked my first car
I [G]tore it all to pieces,
[D]I learned the path to heaven,
[A]It's full of sinners and believers,
[Bm]Learned that happiness on earth,
Ain't [G]just for high achievers,
I've [Em]learned, I've come to [F#m]know,
There's life at[G]at both ends
[A]Of that red dirt [D]road,