Chords for Highway Patrolman

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My name is Joe Roberts. _
_ [D] I work for the [A] state _
I'm a sergeant out in Perrinville _
_ barracks number [E] eight _ _
_ _ _ I've always done [A] an honest job
_ [D] _ Honest as I [A] could
_ _ _ Got a brother named [E] Frankie
_ _ Frankie ain't [A] no good _ _ _ _ _
Ever since we were young kids _
[D] It's been the same come down _ _
I'd get a call on the shortwave _ _
Frankie's in trouble [E] down town _ _
_ _ [A] Well, if it was any other man
_ [D] I'd put him straight [A] away
_ _ But sometimes when it's your [E] brother
_ _ _ You look the [A] other way
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Yeah, me and Frankie laughing [A] and drinking nothing [D] feels better than blood [A] on blood
Taking [D] turns dancing with [A] Maria
While the band played the night of the [E] Johnstown flood.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] I
Get you when he's straight
_ _ [D] like any brother [A] should
_ _ Man turns his back on [E] his family _ _ _
He ain't [A] no good _ _ _ _
_ Well Frankie went into the army _
back [D] in
_ 1965 [A] _ _
I
Got a farm deferred
Settle down took Maria for [E] my wife
_ _ _ _ But then [A] wheat prices kept on dropping
Till it [D] was like we's getting [A] robbed
_ _ Frankie came home in [E] 68 _ _ _
Me I took this job _ _ _ _
Yeah, [D] me and Frankie laughing and [A] drinking nothing [D] feels better than blood on [A] blood
_ [D] Taking turns dancing with [A] Maria while the band played the night of the [E] Johnstown flood _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I'll get you when he's straight _
_ [D] Teach him how to walk that [A] line
_ Man turns his back on [E] his family
_ _ Ain't no friend of mine
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_ The night was like any other I [D] got a call about a quarter to [A] nine _
There was trouble at a roadhouse
_ Out on the Michigan [E] line
There [A] was a kid on the floor looking bad
_ [D] bleeding hard from [A] his head
There was a girl crying at [E] a table
_ _ It [E] was Frankie.
[A] She said
_ _ _ _ _ _ I ran out and jumped in my car
[D] Then I hit the [A] lights.
_ I
Must have done about a hundred and in
the Michigan County [E] that night _ _ _ _
It [A] was down by the _ crossroads
_ [D] out by [A] Willow Bank
_ Seen a beauty with [E] Ohio place
_ _ Behind we [A] will strain
_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, I chased him through them County roads
[D] Fill of science at Canadian [A] border five miles from you _
Pulled [E] over to the side of the highway _ _
What's [A] the tail lights disappear? _ _
_ [D] Yeah, me and Frankie laughing [A] and drinking nothing [D] feels better than blood [A] on blood
_ [D] Taking turns dancing [A] with Maria while the band played the night of the [E] Johnstown _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] I
Catch him when he's straight
_ _ [D] Like any brother [A] should
_ _ Man turns his back [E] on his family _ _ _ _ _ _
Ain't no _ _ _ _ _
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