Chords for Gary Stewart - Harlan County Highway

[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ I was born one [G] stormy night
_ [C] Then a [Em] hard [G] rain started falling
Daddy _ died [Em] inside of mine
_ _ [C] Mama cried but [G] she kept going
I _ left [Em] school for a job
_ _ [C] Mama begged me not [G] to take
_ _ [C] I run in Kentucky [G] Shire
_ [C] Down the [Em] Harlem County Highway
[D] And then I married [G] Laura E
She [C] gave a baby [G] my name _ _ _
Lord [A] that [Em] woman tried
_ _ _ [C] _
Both each [G] passing day
What started [Em] out as heaven
Got _ [C] _ _
lost [G] along the way
[C] So _ I [G] took off
[C] Down the Harlem [Em] County Highway
_ [D] Way down the [G] valley
_ _ _ [C] _
Where the [G] palm is run
Where _ _ a man [Em] can turn a dollar
_ _ [C] _
Into a hundred [G] on a hunch _ _
He can [Em] buy his _ _ _ [C] dreams
A heaven [G] full of smiles
_ _ [C]
Temptation calls [G] from every corner
[C] The seven [Em] corners of my heart
[D] _
As I go to a [G] highway car
[C] My _ bones ache to [G] keep rolling
_ I'm _ standing [Em] in the car
_ _ [C] _ _
All my [G] cards are showing _ _ _
What [Em] you stand for
So _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
call me
[G] Cause I'll be coming
[C] All the door, [Em] one or two
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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