Chords for Rodney Crowell "Highway 17"

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I put away 15 grand doing one-night stands, mostly liquor stores and filling stations. _ _ _ _
[F] Me and this peeping Tom by the name of J.D. Swan and any number of his oddblood relations. _ _
[Am] It was armed robbery in 1957 and mostly our getaways were clean.
_ _ _ [F] I'd pay off my boys and bury the bread out on Highway 17.
I _ _ _ had five kids and a wife with one dress and a yard full of cars that wouldn't run. _ _ _
_ [F] My two oldest boys, they were owned to my noise and they despised what their daddy done. _ _ _
I [E] did my thing to the best that I could, making [E] plans by the [Em] light of day.
_ [Am] _ _ Then [F] night would fall and it was time to call and I [E] was always on my way.
_ _ Now J.D.,. [Am] he was crazy and he was inbred and he drank whiskey like it was going out of style. _ _ You know, I should have seen it coming, the writing was on the wall, he's getting just a little too loose and wild. _ _ [A] And he made his mistake out on [Am] Airline Drive, you know those North Houston cops are quick. _ _ _ [F] They blew a hole in J.D. the size of Dallas and put a lump on my head with the brunt of a nightstick. _ _ _ You know that [E] five to ten in Huntsville ain't no good time, boys, [Am] but I walked that line till you know what I mean. _ _ Cause my [F] mind was snug on that hole I dug [E] out on Highway 17. [Am] _ _ I said my mind was snug on that hole I dug out [E] on Highway [A] 17. _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ So I served my time only way I knew how, thinking big and making plans. _ _ _ _ All about how the way I was going to change the world when I get my hands on that 15 grand. _ _ You know C.W. and Herschel, my two oldest boys, they took care of their mamas and their little sisters the best way that they could. _ _ _ _ [F] _ Dealing dimes and stealing hubcaps, you know pretty soon they were doing good. _ [E] So I walked out those prison gates a free man [A] on the first day of [Am] November _ 1963. I _ _ _ [F] kissed my wife and I hugged my babies, but they didn't [E] seem the same to me. _ _ _ You know [A] the boys looked [Am] on, they were already grown. It was written across their eyes and their faces. _ _ [F] I'm a perfect sample of a bad [C] example, gone forever from their graces. _ But baby, [Am] six long years and a lot can change many miles beyond your wildest dreams. But a six lane wide modern interstate ride out on Highway 17. _ _ Man, [A] they sunk [F] my ship beneath a concrete strip out [E] on Highway [A] 17. _ [Am] _ _ _ Man, they broke my back, they [F] built a concrete track [E] out on Highway 17. [Em] _ _ _ Well [Am] people, you know it ain't funny, [F] they buried my money out on [E] Highway [A] 17. _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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