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Wreck on the Highway, The

Found in melnets_big_abc_file.abc from the John Chambers abc collection

X:15644
T:Wreck on the Highway, The
S:Digital Tradition, wrckhway
N:Author: Dorsey Dixon
D:Recorded by Roy Acuff
Z:dt:wrckhway
M:3/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=132
W:Who did you say it was brother?
W:Who was it fell by the way?
W:When whiskey and blood run together
W:Did you hear anyone pray?
W:
W:Chorus:
W:I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother
W:I didn't hear nobody pray
W:I heard the crash on the highway
W:But I didn't hear nobody pray.
W:
W:When I heard the crash on the highway
W:I knew what it was from the start
W:I went to the scene of destruction
W:And a picture was stamped on my heart.
W:
W:There was whiskey and blood all together
W:Mixed with glass where they lay
W:Death played her hand in destruction
W:But I didn't hear nobody pray.
W:
W:I wish I could change this sad story
W:That I am now telling you
W:But there is no way I can change it
W:For somebody's life is now through.
W:
W:Their soul has been called by the Master
W:They died in a crash on the way
W:And I heard the groans of the dying
W:But I didn't hear nobody pray.
K:C
C2 C2 C2|E2 C2 E2|D2 C4-|C4 z2|\
C2 C2 C2|E2 C2 E2|D6-|D4 G2|
G2 G2 C2|E2 C2 E2|D2 C4-|C4 G,-G,|\
C4 E2|D2 C2 D2|C6-|C4 G2|
G2 E2 G2|G2 A2 B2|c4 A2|cA3 A2|\
G2 E2 C2|C2 D2 E2|D6-|D4 G2|
G4 C2|E2 C2 E2|D2 C4-|C4 G,G,|\
C2 C2 E2|D2 C2 D2|C6-|C4 z2||

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