Route 5 Box 109 Chords by Joe Diffie
Tempo:
102.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
Dm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [G] [Am] [C]
[F] [G] [C]
Somewhere outside [G] of Gadsden, [A] I [Am] saw Mama standing [F] in the kitchen.
[C] [F]
[G] And along about the cater, I started smelling taters and [C] fried chicken.
[G] [A] Then a trooper pulled [G] me over, [F] said if I drove [C] any slower, [D] he was gonna lock me [C] up for [F] killing [C] time.
He said, [G] boy [C] have you been drinking?
I [F] said no sir, I was just thinking.
[G] About Route [C] 5, Box 109.
I was thinking [F] about red wigglers, and a [C] strainer full of brim.
And the sound [F] a king of spades
[C] made, [Dm] and the spokes of my [G] horse swing.
I was racing [F] Richie Kohler, [G] for a great [Am] knee high.
[D] Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [G] about Route 5, Box [C] 109.
[G] [Am] [C] [F]
[C] [F] [G]
[C]
[G] [C] I pulled back [G] on the freeway, [Am] found a country DJ [G] [F] out of Huntsville.
[C] [G] I called him up just hoping, he'd help keep my tired eyes open, till [C] I reach Nashville.
[G] [Am] I talked and he [G] just listened, about [C] the place that I was missing.
[Dm] Then he left, [C] when he came back [F] home a little later.
[Dm] He said son the [C] switchboard's blanking, [F] he got half of Alabama thinking.
[Em] [G] About Route 5, Box [C] 109.
About mama's [F] cat head biscuits, Martha White's self [C] rising flower.
Getting rabbit ears positioned, [G] [C] [Dm] [F] for Glen Campbell's [G] good time.
And the sound of [F] daddy's snoring, playing gentle [Am] on my mind.
[D] Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [Dm] [G] about Route 5, Box [C]
109.
And that bed of [F] black eyed Susan's, and a white [C] washed tractor tire.
And a set of [F] threadbare
[C] sheets, [Dm] hanging on a [G] clothesline.
Mama's bucket [F] full of pine, and the sun, making [G] sure that we [Am] had shine.
[D] Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [G] about Route 5, Box [C] 109.
Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [G] about Route 5.
[C] [Em] [Am] [F] [G]
[C]
[F] [G] [C]
Somewhere outside [G] of Gadsden, [A] I [Am] saw Mama standing [F] in the kitchen.
[C] [F]
[G] And along about the cater, I started smelling taters and [C] fried chicken.
[G] [A] Then a trooper pulled [G] me over, [F] said if I drove [C] any slower, [D] he was gonna lock me [C] up for [F] killing [C] time.
He said, [G] boy [C] have you been drinking?
I [F] said no sir, I was just thinking.
[G] About Route [C] 5, Box 109.
I was thinking [F] about red wigglers, and a [C] strainer full of brim.
And the sound [F] a king of spades
[C] made, [Dm] and the spokes of my [G] horse swing.
I was racing [F] Richie Kohler, [G] for a great [Am] knee high.
[D] Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [G] about Route 5, Box [C] 109.
[G] [Am] [C] [F]
[C] [F] [G]
[C]
[G] [C] I pulled back [G] on the freeway, [Am] found a country DJ [G] [F] out of Huntsville.
[C] [G] I called him up just hoping, he'd help keep my tired eyes open, till [C] I reach Nashville.
[G] [Am] I talked and he [G] just listened, about [C] the place that I was missing.
[Dm] Then he left, [C] when he came back [F] home a little later.
[Dm] He said son the [C] switchboard's blanking, [F] he got half of Alabama thinking.
[Em] [G] About Route 5, Box [C] 109.
About mama's [F] cat head biscuits, Martha White's self [C] rising flower.
Getting rabbit ears positioned, [G] [C] [Dm] [F] for Glen Campbell's [G] good time.
And the sound of [F] daddy's snoring, playing gentle [Am] on my mind.
[D] Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [Dm] [G] about Route 5, Box [C]
109.
And that bed of [F] black eyed Susan's, and a white [C] washed tractor tire.
And a set of [F] threadbare
[C] sheets, [Dm] hanging on a [G] clothesline.
Mama's bucket [F] full of pine, and the sun, making [G] sure that we [Am] had shine.
[D] Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [G] about Route 5, Box [C] 109.
Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [G] about Route 5.
[C] [Em] [Am] [F] [G]
[C]
Key:
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Dm
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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [C] _
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ Somewhere outside [G] of Gadsden, [A] I [Am] saw Mama standing [F] in the kitchen.
[C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] And along about the cater, I started smelling taters and [C] fried chicken. _ _
_ _ [G] _ [A] Then a trooper pulled [G] me over, [F] said if I drove [C] any slower, [D] he was gonna lock me [C] up for [F] killing [C] time.
He said, [G] boy [C] have you been drinking?
I [F] said no sir, I was just thinking.
[G] About Route [C] 5, Box 109.
I was thinking [F] about red wigglers, _ _ and a [C] strainer full of brim.
_ _ And the sound [F] a king of spades _
[C] made, [Dm] and the spokes of my [G] horse _ swing.
_ I was racing [F] Richie _ Kohler, _ _ [G] for a great [Am] knee high.
_ [D] Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [G] about Route 5, Box [C] 109.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] I pulled back [G] on the freeway, [Am] found a country DJ [G] [F] out of Huntsville.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] [G] I called him up just hoping, he'd help keep my tired eyes open, till [C] I reach Nashville.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] I talked and he [G] just listened, about [C] the place that I was missing.
[Dm] Then he left, [C] when he came back [F] home a little later.
[Dm] He said son the [C] switchboard's blanking, [F] he got half of Alabama thinking.
[Em] [G] About Route 5, Box [C] 109.
About mama's [F] cat head _ _ biscuits, Martha White's self [C] rising _ flower.
_ Getting rabbit ears positioned, [G] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] [F] for Glen Campbell's [G] good time.
_ _ _ And the sound of [F] daddy's _ snoring, _ _ playing gentle [Am] on my mind.
[D] _ Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [Dm] [G] about Route 5, Box [C]
109.
_ _ And that bed of [F] black eyed _ Susan's, and a white [C] washed tractor tire.
_ _ And a set of [F] threadbare _
[C] sheets, [Dm] _ hanging on a [G] clothesline.
_ _ _ Mama's bucket [F] full of pine, and the sun, _ making [G] sure that we [Am] had _ shine.
[D] _ Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [G] about Route 5, Box [C] 109.
_ _ _ Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, _ [G] about Route 5.
_ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ Somewhere outside [G] of Gadsden, [A] I [Am] saw Mama standing [F] in the kitchen.
[C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ [G] And along about the cater, I started smelling taters and [C] fried chicken. _ _
_ _ [G] _ [A] Then a trooper pulled [G] me over, [F] said if I drove [C] any slower, [D] he was gonna lock me [C] up for [F] killing [C] time.
He said, [G] boy [C] have you been drinking?
I [F] said no sir, I was just thinking.
[G] About Route [C] 5, Box 109.
I was thinking [F] about red wigglers, _ _ and a [C] strainer full of brim.
_ _ And the sound [F] a king of spades _
[C] made, [Dm] and the spokes of my [G] horse _ swing.
_ I was racing [F] Richie _ Kohler, _ _ [G] for a great [Am] knee high.
_ [D] Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [G] about Route 5, Box [C] 109.
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] I pulled back [G] on the freeway, [Am] found a country DJ [G] [F] out of Huntsville.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] [G] I called him up just hoping, he'd help keep my tired eyes open, till [C] I reach Nashville.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] I talked and he [G] just listened, about [C] the place that I was missing.
[Dm] Then he left, [C] when he came back [F] home a little later.
[Dm] He said son the [C] switchboard's blanking, [F] he got half of Alabama thinking.
[Em] [G] About Route 5, Box [C] 109.
About mama's [F] cat head _ _ biscuits, Martha White's self [C] rising _ flower.
_ Getting rabbit ears positioned, [G] _ [C] _ _ [Dm] [F] for Glen Campbell's [G] good time.
_ _ _ And the sound of [F] daddy's _ snoring, _ _ playing gentle [Am] on my mind.
[D] _ Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [Dm] [G] about Route 5, Box [C]
109.
_ _ And that bed of [F] black eyed _ Susan's, and a white [C] washed tractor tire.
_ _ And a set of [F] threadbare _
[C] sheets, [Dm] _ hanging on a [G] clothesline.
_ _ _ Mama's bucket [F] full of pine, and the sun, _ making [G] sure that we [Am] had _ shine.
[D] _ Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, [G] about Route 5, Box [C] 109.
_ _ _ Yeah lately [F] I've been thinking, _ [G] about Route 5.
_ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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