Chattanooga City Limit Sign Chords by Johnny Cash

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_ _ _ _ I was thumbing a ride one Saturday morning out [C] of Nashville, told my sack I lent [D] my car
to a gal that lived in Chattanooga and she hadn't ever brought it [G] back.
_ She was drinking pretty heavy when I let her have it.
I [C] hope she knows that it was only a loan.
There [D] ain't no telling what I might have told her back at the time, but that old car was
also [G] my home. _ _
About five miles out, I was getting [Bm] kind of tired, [C] sweating hard, and feeling kind of weak.
I [D] woke up with no cigarettes or nothing to drink and I hadn't had a bite [G] to eat. _ _
My nerves were so quick I couldn't tell where [Bm] I was shaking, [C] then I set a break, sang my song.
[D] Some fella stuck his head out a 57 Chevy and hollered, Hey man, [G] come on. _ _
I told them I was headed down to Chattanooga.
[C] They said, hop in, we'll go on there too.
[D] And the way they took off in a cloud of smoke, I still ain't believing [G] it was true.
They had the windows down and I was sitting [Bm] in the back [C] with my tongue still hung in my throat.
[D] He was hitting just about 110 and he said, man, what do you [G] think of this boat?
Well, there was two semis struggling up ahead, [C] one trying to pass the other.
They [D] had the whole road blocked, so he passed them on the right and let me tell you [G] something,
brother. _ _
I was so nervous that my teeth was clicking, [C] there wasn't no way my head could think.
[D] Then the one that was sitting on the passenger side turned and said, Hey man, you [G] want something to drink?
I just shook my head because I couldn't talk.
He [C] said, okay.
And then he said, cheers.
[D] Them fools was drinking whiskey and wine and chasing it down [G] with beer. _ _
Well, I started sweating that old sticky sweat [C] and I know I was white as a sheet.
[D] Then one turned the radio on wide open and said, Hey man, check [G] that beat. _
By the time we reached the top of Mont Eagle, [C] I thought I heard a rumbling sound and [D] then
I saw a sign that said Fallen Rock and right there I was [G] floorboard bound. _ _
I was rolling and squirming on the old floorboard [C] too weak to set or stand and [D] then the driver
said we're doing 120.
Look here, man, [G] no hand.
I got up and up and nerve to raise up and look and [C] by now there couldn't be no surprise,
but [D] his hair was blowing all over my face and dandruff blown [G] in both eyes. _
He never did drive on the right [Bm] or left and he [C] just kept on riding that line.
[D] I rubbed my eyes and saw the prettiest thing, the Chattanooga [G] city limits sign.
He slowed down and I said, Mr.
Please, [C] I'd like to get off right here.
[D] He said, all right, on into town with us.
We're going to go down and pick up [G] some more beer.
_ I said, please, once more, and he stopped the car [C] and then he handed me my sack, [D] said
they'd look for me on the road [Am] later on in case I wanted to catch a [G] ride back. _ _
I got out and sat down by the side of the road [C] feeling sick and looking mighty pale.
[D] I don't remember anything much after that, but next morning I woke [G] up in jail.
_ I didn't know anybody in my cell and [C] didn't want to ask why I was there, but [D] they all
kept grinning and turning their heads and it was more than my head [G] could bear. _ _
So I called the jailer and asked him to tell me [C] why I was there, if he'd be so kind.
He [Am] said for stopping the traffic while I was hugging and kissing the Chattanooga city limits sign.
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