Chords for Mac McAnally - Down The Road

_ _ _ [Em] But when I was [D] a boy, _ _ four houses down from me [G] was a family [A] with an only [D] child.
And she was the only girl in this old [A] world that could make me [G] smile.
Down [A] the road, [G] _ I made [D] up reasons to [G] go.
Down the [A] _ [D] road, _ _ _ _ _ somewhere inside of me [G] there was something she took [D] a liking to.
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And I asked her [G] to marry me, she said she [D] really wanted to.
[G] _ Down the [A] road, _ _ see what [A] life's [G] gonna hold.
[A] Down the road, _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm]
her mama wants [D] to know am I [G] washed in the blood or just [D] in the water.
_ [A] Her daddy wants to [D] know that I [G] make enough to take [D] his [G] daughter.
_ Down the [A] road, _ [G] _ before [A] he can let her [G] go.
_ Down the road, _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
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_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
now down the street from here there's [G] an engineer with an [A] only son.
[D] And our [G] baby girl [D] says she believes he [A] is the only [G] one.
Down [E] the road, _ _ _ [Bm] her mama wants to [D] know is he [G] washed in the blood or just in [A] the water.
And I [F#m] want to know that he [G] makes enough to take my [A] daughter.
[G] _ Down [A] the road, _ [G] _ when it comes time to go.
Down [A] the road, [D] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [G] _ _ down [A] the road.
_ [G] _
You know [A] I want to [D] help her go, [G] down [A] the [D] road. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Down the road. _
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