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Cadd9 x32033

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I built a fire up on the hill
Cadd9
Sat in the woods and drank my fill
          G
Talked to God all night
Cadd9
Took another shot to set me right
       D                  G
Then I walked down to the road
         Cadd9             G
Filled a beer can full of .22 holes
          D
Then I said goodbye
        Cadd9
Yeah, I said goodbye

[Chorus]
     D                   G
I go back but I can't go home
             Cadd9              G
The river is up and the road is closed
          D            G
And there ain't no telephone
      Cadd9
At my mothers' house
            D
And all the lights are out
            G
Down on the rural route

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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There ain't much of nothin' left
        Cadd9
Of this place where I became myself
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Ghosts and memories
    Cadd9
I'd walk on by but they'd follow me
      D                 G
I see Penny on down the road
          Cadd9           G
Asked him if he'd seen my brother
   D
He just said no
             Cadd9
Well, guess I better go

[Chorus]
     D                   G
I go back but I can't go home
             Cadd9              G
The river is up and the road is closed
          D            G
And there ain't no telephone
      Cadd9
At my mothers' house
            D
And all the lights are out
            G
Down on the rural route

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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I built a fire up on a hill
  Cadd9
I sat in the woods and drank my fill
          G
Talked to God all night
Cadd9
Took another shot to set me right
     D              G
Then I just walked away
      Cadd9          G
Ain't nothin' here I want to remember
D
Anyway
      Cadd9
Least not today

[Chorus]
         D                   G
And I go back but I can't go home
             Cadd9              G
The river is up and the road is closed
          D            G
And there ain't no telephone
      Cadd9
At my mothers' house
            D
And all the lights are out
     D                   G
I go back but I can't go home
             Cadd9              G
The river is up and the road is closed
          D            G
And there ain't no telephone
      Cadd9
At my mothers' house
            D
And all the lights are out
            G
Down on the rural route