Intro: F C Dm7 


[Verso 1]
 
Fmaj7 
I was raised off of Rural Route 3 
C 
Out past where the blacktop ends 
F 
We'd walk to church on Sunday morning 
Bb   Dm       Gm                F 
Race barefoot back to Johnson's fence 


F 
That's where I first saw Mary 
C 
On that roadside picking blackberries 
Dm7                              Bb 
That summer I turned a corner in my soul 
C6                 F 
Down that red dirt road 


[Refrão]

C 
It's where I drank my first beer 
C                       Dm7 
It's where I found Jesus 
Dm7                          Dm 
Where I wrecked my first car, 
Bb 
I tore it all to pieces 
F 
I learned the path to heaven 
C 
Is full of sinners and believers 
DM7 
Learned that happiness on earth 
Dm 
Ain't just for high achievers 
Gm 
I've learned, 
F           Bb 
I've come to know 
Bb 
There's life at both ends 
C           F 
Of that red dirt road 
Am Dm7 F 


[Verso 2]
 
F 
Her daddy didn't like me much 
Fmaj7 C 
In my shackled up GTO 
F 
I'd sneak out in the middle of the night 
Bb                         F 
Throw rocks at her bedroom window 


Fmaj7 
We'd turn out the headlights 
C 
Drive by the moonlight 
Dm7                              Bb 
Talk about what the future might hold 
Bb    C       G    F 
Down that red dirt road 


[Refrão]
 
F                      C 
It's where I drank my first beer 
C                       Dm7 
It's where I found Jesus 
Dm7                          Dm 
Where I wrecked my first car, 
Bb 
I tore it all to pieces 
F 
I learned the path to heaven 
C 
Is full of sinners and believers 
Dm7 
Learned that happiness on earth 
Dm     Gm 
Ain't just for high achievers 
Gm 
I've learned, 
F           Bb 
I've come to know 
Bb 
There's life at both ends 
C           F 
Of that red dirt road 
Am Dm7 F Bb Gm F Am 


[Verso 3]

C                   F 
I went out into the world 
F          Bb   C7 
And I came back in 
Gm     F 
I lost Mary, 
Gm 
Oh I got her back again 
Bb               F 
And driving home tonight, 
F                Bb               C 
Feels like I've found a long lost friend 


[Refrão]
 
F                      C 
It's where I drank my first beer 
C                       Dm7 
It's where I found Jesus 
Dm7                          Dm 
Where I wrecked my first car, 
Bb 
I tore it all to pieces 
F 
I learned the path to heaven 
C 
Is full of sinners and believers 
Dm7 
Learned that happiness on earth 
Dm 
Ain't just for high achievers 
Gm 
I've learned, 
F           Bb 
I've come to know 
Bb 
There's life at both ends 
C           F 
Of that red dirt road 

Outro 
Am Dm7 F Bb Am7 F 
Am7  Dm7  Bb F