Intro
D A E E
[Verse 1]
E D A
I had a girl sweet as peaches, eyes as bright as the 'Bama beaches
E D A E
Kissed me goodbye, left me speechless, she don't love me no more
E D A
I can draw from a dry well, I head down the lonesome trail
E D A E
Lord I've figured what the hell, 'cause she don't love me no more
[Chorus 1]
D E D E
I can get down to Houston, I can get there by dawn
D E D A B
There's plenty of stuff in that city that gets somethin' good goin' on
D E D E
And I wanna keep on comin', but she don't want me around
D A D A E
'Cause she stole my heart, killed my pride, but she can't put me in the ground
D A E
Naw it can't put me in the ground
[Verse 2]
E D A
Well my best friend since junior high, half as good lookin' and twice as wild
E D A E
He and my sweetheart started makin' out, now she don't love me no more
D A E
Naw she don't love me no more
[Chorus 2]
D E D E
Well I can get down to Mobile, I can get there by 5:00
D E D A B
I got just enough money to get on with my life
D E D E
Well I wanna keep on comin', but she don't want me around
D A D A E
'Cause she stole my heart, killed my pride, but she can't put me in the ground
D A E
Honey can't put me in the ground, naw
[Break]
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[Chorus 3]
D E D E
Well I can get down to Houston, I can get there by dawn
D E D A B
I got just enough money to get somethin' good goin' on
D E D E
Well but I wanna keep on comin', if she don't want me around
D A D A E
Yeah she stole my heart, she killed my pride, but she can't put me in the ground
D A E
Well she can't put me in the ground
[Outro]
D A E
Oh she can't put me in the ground, hey hey
D A E
D A E D A E
Go on now, I'll see ya in Mobile baby
D A E
Carry my ass down to rodeo
Man, yeah