Readin Writin Rt 23

Artist: Dwight Yoakam (English)
User: Dwight Maloney
Duration: 130 seconds
Delay: 12 seconds
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Readin Writin Rt 23 chords by Dwight Yoakam
Difficulty: novice

Intro: D 

             D 
They learned readin', writin', Route 23
       G                                          D 
To the jobs that lay waiting in those cities' factories
            A 
they didn't know that that old highway
      G                          D 
Could lead them to a world of misery
         D 
Have you ever been down Kentucky way

Say south of Prestonburg

Have you ever been up in a holler

Have you ever heard
  G 
 A mountain man cough his life away

From diggin' that black coal
              D                     
In those dark mines, those old dark mines
       C 
If you had you might just understand
    G                              D 
The reason that they left is all behind

Chorus:
                    D 
'cause They learned readin', wrightin', Route 23
       G                                           D 
To the jobs that lay waitin' in those cities' factories

They learned readin', writin', roads to the north 
       G                                      D 
To the luxury and comfort a coal miner can't afford

They thought readin', writin', Route 23
         G                                              D 
Ah Would take them to the good life that they had never seen
            A 
They didn't know that old highway
      G                       D 
Could lead them to a world of misery

guitar solo:  D  A  G  D 

 D 
Have you ever seen 'em

Put the kids in the car after work on Friday night

Pull up in a holler about 2 A. M.

And see a light still shinin' bright
      G 
Those mountain folks sat up that late

to hold those little grandkids
         D 
In their arms, in their arms
        C 
And I'm proud to say that I've been blessed
    G                                D 
And touched by their sweet hillbilly charm

Chorus:
             D 
They learned readin', writin', Route 23
       G                                           D 
To the jobs that lay waiting in those cities' factories

They learned readin', writin', roads to the north
       G                                       D 
To the luxury and comfort a coal miner can't afford

They thought readin', writin', Route 23
         G                                              D 
Oh Would take them to the good life that they had never seen
            A 
They didn't know that old highway
      G                         D 
Could lead them to a world of misery
               A 
Yeah, it turns out that that old highway,
 G                         D 
Leads you to a world of misery

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