Highway Patrolman Chords by Johnny Cash

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My name is Joe Roberts. _
_ [D] _ I work [A] for the state.
I'm a sergeant out in Perrinville, _ _ barracks [E] number 8. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] I've always done an honest job, [D] _ honest as [A] I could.
_ _ _ Got a brother [E] named Frankie. _ _ _
Frankie [A] ain't no good. _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [A] Ever since we were young kids, _
[D] it's been the same [A] come down.
_ _ I'd get a call on the shortwave, _ Frankie's in trouble [E] _ downtown. _ _
_ _ _ [A] Well if it was any other man, _ [D] _
I'd put him straight [A] away. _
_ But sometimes when [B] it's your brother, _ _ you look the other [A] 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 off the John [E] Stallon flood. _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ I'll catch you when he's straight, _ _ [D] like any brother [A] should.
_ _ Man turns his back on [E] his family, _ _ _ he ain't no [A]
good. _ _ _ _ _
Well Frankie went into the army _ back [D] in _ 1965.
[A] _ _ _ I got a farm deferred. _
Settled down, took Maria [E] for my wife. _ _ _ _
[A] But them wheat prices kept on dropping, [D] till it was like we was [A] getting robbed. _ _
Frankie came home in [E] the 68, _ _ _ me, [A] I took this job. _ _ _ _
[D] Yeah me and Frankie laughing [A] and drinking, nothing [D] feels better than blood on [A] blood.
_ [D] Taking turns dancing with [A] Maria, while the band played the night off the John [E] Stallon flood. _
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I'll catch him when he's straight, _ _ [D] teach him how to walk that [A]
line.
_ Man turns his back on [E] his family, _ _ ain't no [A] friend of mine. _
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_ [A] _ _ _ The night was like any other, I got a [D] call about a quarter [A] to nine.
_ There was trouble at a roadhouse, _ out on the [E] Michigan line.
There [A] was a kid on the floor looking bad, _ [D] bleeding hard from [A] his head.
There was a girl crying [E] at a table, _ _ _ it was Frankie [A] she said. _ _ _ _ _
_ I ran out and I jumped in my car, [D] _ then I hit the [A] lights. _ _
I must have done about a hundred and ten through Michigan County [E] that night. _ _ _ _
[D] [A] It was down by the crossroads, _ [D] out by [A] Willow Bank. _ _
Seen a beauty with [E] Ohio plates, _ _ behind a [A] wheel with strength. _ _ _ _
_ Well I chased him through them county roads, till [D] a sign said [A] Canadian border five miles from here.
_ _ Pulled over to [E] the side of the highway, _ _ _ watched the [A] taillights disappear. _ _
_ [D] Yeah me and Frankie [A] laughing and drinking, nothing [D] feels better than blood [A] on blood. _
[D] Taking turns dancing with [A] Maria, while the band played the night of the [E] Johnstown flood.
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I'll catch him when he's straight, _
_ _ [D] like any brother [A] should.
_ _ Man turns his back [E] on his family, _ _ _ _ he ain't no [A] good. _ _
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