Chords for Porter Wagoner (Carroll County Accident)
Tempo:
87.55 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
A
E
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [G]
[C] [Em] [C]
Carroll County's pointed out [G] as kinda square, the biggest thing that happens [C] is the county fair.
I guess that's why it seemed like [G] such a big event, [Em] [G] what we all call the Carroll [C] County accident.
The wreck was on the highway just [G] inside the line.
Walter Browning lost his [C] life and politics.
It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones [G] would surely die, but she lived long enough for her [C] to testify.
Now Walter Browning was a happy [G] married man.
He wore a golden wedding ring [C] upon his skin.
But it was gone, nobody knew [G] just where [Em] it went.
[G] He lost it in the Carroll [C] County accident.
[A] [D] Mary Ellen testified [A] he flagged her down, said he was sick and could she [D] drive him into town.
And no one even doubted what [A] she said was true, for she was well respected [D] in the county too.
I went down to see [A] the wreck like all the rest.
The bloody seats, the broken [D] glass that tangled Mary.
But I found something no one else [A] had even seen, behind the dash in Mary's [D] crumpled up machine.
[B] [E]
A little matchbox circled [Bm] by a rubber band, and inside the ring from [E] Walter Browning's hand.
It took a while to figure out just what [Bm] it meant,
[B] the truth about the Carroll [E] County accident.
By dark of night I dropped the ring into a [A] well, [B]
and [E] took a sacred oath that I would never tell.
The truth about the Carroll County [Bm] [F#m] accident, [Bm]
cause the county ordered [E] death of Marble Monkey.
[Bm] I lost him in the Carroll [E] County accident.
[C] [Em] [C]
Carroll County's pointed out [G] as kinda square, the biggest thing that happens [C] is the county fair.
I guess that's why it seemed like [G] such a big event, [Em] [G] what we all call the Carroll [C] County accident.
The wreck was on the highway just [G] inside the line.
Walter Browning lost his [C] life and politics.
It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones [G] would surely die, but she lived long enough for her [C] to testify.
Now Walter Browning was a happy [G] married man.
He wore a golden wedding ring [C] upon his skin.
But it was gone, nobody knew [G] just where [Em] it went.
[G] He lost it in the Carroll [C] County accident.
[A] [D] Mary Ellen testified [A] he flagged her down, said he was sick and could she [D] drive him into town.
And no one even doubted what [A] she said was true, for she was well respected [D] in the county too.
I went down to see [A] the wreck like all the rest.
The bloody seats, the broken [D] glass that tangled Mary.
But I found something no one else [A] had even seen, behind the dash in Mary's [D] crumpled up machine.
[B] [E]
A little matchbox circled [Bm] by a rubber band, and inside the ring from [E] Walter Browning's hand.
It took a while to figure out just what [Bm] it meant,
[B] the truth about the Carroll [E] County accident.
By dark of night I dropped the ring into a [A] well, [B]
and [E] took a sacred oath that I would never tell.
The truth about the Carroll County [Bm] [F#m] accident, [Bm]
cause the county ordered [E] death of Marble Monkey.
[Bm] I lost him in the Carroll [E] County accident.
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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
Carroll County's pointed out [G] as kinda square, _ the biggest thing that happens [C] is the county fair.
_ I guess that's why it seemed like [G] such a big event, [Em] _ [G] what we all call the Carroll [C] County accident.
_ The wreck was on the highway just [G] inside the line. _
Walter Browning lost his [C] life and politics.
_ It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones [G] would surely die, _ but she lived long enough for her [C] to testify.
_ _ Now Walter Browning was a happy [G] married man.
_ He wore a golden wedding ring [C] upon his skin.
_ But it was gone, nobody knew [G] just where [Em] it went.
_ [G] He lost it in the Carroll [C] County accident.
[A] _ [D] Mary Ellen testified [A] he flagged her down, said he was sick and could she [D] drive him into town.
_ And no one even doubted what [A] she said was true, for she was well respected [D] in the county too.
_ I went down to see [A] the wreck like all the rest.
The bloody seats, the broken [D] glass that tangled Mary.
But I found something no one else [A] had even seen, _ behind the dash in Mary's [D] crumpled up machine.
[B] _ _ [E] _
A little matchbox circled [Bm] by a rubber band, and inside the ring from [E] Walter Browning's hand. _
It took a while to figure out just what [Bm] it meant, _
[B] the truth about the Carroll [E] County accident. _
By dark of night I dropped the ring into a [A] well, [B]
and [E] took a sacred oath that I would never tell.
The truth about the Carroll County [Bm] [F#m] accident, [Bm]
cause the county ordered [E] death of Marble Monkey. _
[Bm] I lost him in the Carroll [E] County accident. _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [Em] _ _ [C] _
Carroll County's pointed out [G] as kinda square, _ the biggest thing that happens [C] is the county fair.
_ I guess that's why it seemed like [G] such a big event, [Em] _ [G] what we all call the Carroll [C] County accident.
_ The wreck was on the highway just [G] inside the line. _
Walter Browning lost his [C] life and politics.
_ It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones [G] would surely die, _ but she lived long enough for her [C] to testify.
_ _ Now Walter Browning was a happy [G] married man.
_ He wore a golden wedding ring [C] upon his skin.
_ But it was gone, nobody knew [G] just where [Em] it went.
_ [G] He lost it in the Carroll [C] County accident.
[A] _ [D] Mary Ellen testified [A] he flagged her down, said he was sick and could she [D] drive him into town.
_ And no one even doubted what [A] she said was true, for she was well respected [D] in the county too.
_ I went down to see [A] the wreck like all the rest.
The bloody seats, the broken [D] glass that tangled Mary.
But I found something no one else [A] had even seen, _ behind the dash in Mary's [D] crumpled up machine.
[B] _ _ [E] _
A little matchbox circled [Bm] by a rubber band, and inside the ring from [E] Walter Browning's hand. _
It took a while to figure out just what [Bm] it meant, _
[B] the truth about the Carroll [E] County accident. _
By dark of night I dropped the ring into a [A] well, [B]
and [E] took a sacred oath that I would never tell.
The truth about the Carroll County [Bm] [F#m] accident, [Bm]
cause the county ordered [E] death of Marble Monkey. _
[Bm] I lost him in the Carroll [E] County accident. _ _