Chords for Long Black Highway

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_ Me and Billy, _ _ [D] _ _
_ roofers of [A] houses, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ we met at the Louisville Union Hall.
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_ _ _ [A] It was like _
[D] I found my long [A] lost brother.
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We drank like fish and worked like [F#] _
dogs.
_ _ _ _ [A] Looking back, [D] I knew he'd get [Am] me in [Dm] trouble.
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_ _ But I didn't have too many _ [F#] friends. _ _ _ _
[A] Running up _ [D] and down that [A] Dixie Highway. _ _ _
_ _ _ We thought the good times would never [F#] end.
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_ Down [F#m] that _ long [D] _
_ _ _ [A] black highway, _
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[D] there's a deep dark [F#] hole.
_ _ _ Down [F#m] that _ long [D] _ _ [A] black _ highway,
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there's a lot of [F#] things you'll [D] never know. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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We chased women, _ _ [D] _ _
we [A] chased whiskey, _ _ _
_ _ from the Gulf _ _ up to [F#] Ohio. _ _ _
_ _ Then [A] one night, _ _
[D] we ran [A] out of money. _
_ _ _ We _ arrived us in all night _ Texaco.
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_ Right in [A] there, _ [D] I guess the friendship _ [A] ended. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That's where the good times fell [F#] apart. _
_ _ _ I [A] remember _
_ [D] _ screaming [A] at Billy, _
_ _ _ _ you should have let that kid alone.
You should have [F#] drove off in the dark.
Down [Bm] that [F#m] _ [D] long _ _ black [A] _
highway,
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_ _ [D] there's a _ deep dark [B] hole. _ _ _ _ _
Down [F#m] that _ [D] long _ _ _ [A] black highway, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ there's a lot [F#] of things you'll never [D] know. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Well, we _
_ [D] pulled off [A] on a back road.
_ _ _ _ I _ thought I'd think about what we'd [F#] done. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I [A] got out, _ _ [D] _
took a leak [A] and lit a smoke.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Now I'm wishing I had [F#] run. _
_ _ _ _ [A] Because Billy _
_ [D] always _ [A] was a mean one. _ _ _ _ _ _
He was stoned out of his [F#]
head.
_ _ _ _ Well, [A] I guess _ [D] _ _ he quit [A] shooting
_ _ _ when _ _ _ _ he thought that I was [F#] dead.
_ _ _ Down [F#m] that long _ [D] _ _
black [A] highway, _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] there's a deep dark [F#] hole. _ _ _
Down [D] that _ _ long _ black [A] _ highway, _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ there's a lot of [F#] things you'll never [D] know. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I woke up _ _ [D] _ _ sometime [A] around daylight. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But I didn't live long after [F#] that. _ _ _ _
_ [A] I was taken _ _ [D] _
back up to [A] the _ highway. _
_ _ By a ghost, he was wearing a Texaco [F#] _ hat.
_ _ Now me [A] and that kid, _ [D] we hopped that [A] stretch of _ highway _ _ _ _ _ _
to go see Billy from time to _
[F#] time.
_ _ _ You [A] know Billy always [D] acted a little [A] bit crazy.
_ _ But now he's done gone plum out of his _ [F#] _ mind.
_ Gone down [F#m] that _ _ [D] long _ _ [A] black highway, _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ there's a [D] deep [Bm] dark [F#] hole. _ _
_ Down [F#m] that _ long [D] _ _ _ [A] black highway, _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ there's a lot of [F#] things you'll never [D] know. _
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