Crooked Road

Intro:  G        Gsus       G    

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Verse 1
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Got married at 16, had a 15 year 
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old wife
D                            C   
Guess I've been a grown man, just
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 about all my life
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Like my daddy before me, I've 
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done the best I could
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Somehow things turned out a little 
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worse than they should

Verse 2
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Logan West Virginia is a hundred 
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mile behind
D                                 
Coal mines took my boys life and 
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my Janie's piece of mind
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All I know is back in Logan and I 
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ain't never been that smart
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               G       (walk up to)
But I know I had to leave there to 
heal my Janie's heart

Chorus:
C                      D
Damn these hard times, damn the coal
 mines
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G                         C
Damn the good dreams gone cold
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While I'm at it, damn this crooked
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 road


Verse 3
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Me and Janie worked hard to get our
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 children grown
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Junior was our first born it's 
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cut us to the bone
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We learned long ago that you don't 
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doubt the good lords plan
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          C              G (walk up 
to)
But some things is hard to take 
lord, we just tryin' to understand

Chorus:
C                      D
Damn these hard times, damn the coal
 mines
G                         C
Damn the good dreams gone cold
G                D                
While I'm at it, damn this crooked 
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road

Solo Here same as Chorus
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Verse 4
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There's a big blue ocean another 
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300 mile
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Sun on the water just might make 
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my Janie smile
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Light in her eyes is worth more 
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to me than gold
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               G     (walk up to)
Hope runs a straight line right down
 this mountain road

Chorus:
C                      D
Damn these hard times, damn the coal
 mines
G                         C
Damn the good dreams gone cold
G                D                
While I'm at it, damn this crooked
 G          C
 road
G                D                
While I'm at it, damn this crooked
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 road