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Sittin in the kitchen a house in Macon 
D         Am                 C    G 
Loretta's singing on the radio 
D        Am     C        G 
Smell of coffee eggs and bacon 
    D   Am             C      G 
Car wheels on a gravel road 

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Pull back the curtains and look outside 
D        Am                C        G 
Somebody somewhere I don't know 
D           Am                C        G 
Come on now child we're gonna go for a ride 
    D   Am             C      G  
Car wheels on a gravel road 

    G    C             G 
Car wheels on a gravel road 
    G    C             G 
Car wheels on a gravel road       

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Can't find a damn thing in this place 
D                 Am        C    G 
Nothing's where I left it before 
D      Am         C         G 
Set of keys and a dusty suitcase 
    D    Am            C     G 
Car wheels on a gravel road 

D              Am          D        Am 
There goes the screen door slamming shut 
D          Am             C         G 
You better do what you're told 
D          Am                     C         G 
When I get back this place better be picked-up 
    D    Am            C      G 
Car wheels on a gravel road 

    G    C             G 
Car wheels on a gravel road 
    G    C             G 
Car wheels on a gravel road       

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D          Am     D            Am 
Low hum of voices in the front seat 
D       Am     C      G 
Stories nobody knows 
D            Am            C        G 
Got folks in Jackson we're going to meet 
    D    Am            C      G 
Car wheels on a gravel road 
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Cotton fields stretching miles and miles 
D      Am               C       G 
Hank's voice on the radio 
D         Am              C         G 
Telephone poles trees and wires fly by 
    D    Am            C      G 
Car wheels on a gravel road 

    G    C             G 
Car wheels on a gravel road 
    G    C             G 
Car wheels on a gravel road       

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D           Am     D      Am 
Broken down shacks engine parts 
D            Am                     C     G 
Could tell a lie but my heart would know 
D             Am          C      G 
Listen to the dogs barkin in the yard 
    D    Am            C      G 
Car wheels on a gravel road 
D            Am             D            Am 
Child in the backseat about four or five years 
D      Am         C     G 
Lookin out the window 
D             Am   C          G 
Little bit of dirt mixed with tears 
    D    Am            C      G 
Car wheels on a gravel road 

    G    C             G 
Car wheels on a gravel road 
    G    C             G 
Car wheels on a gravel road       

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