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[Intro]
C G C G C G D G
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[Verse]
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there's a whole mess of trouble up on Choctaw Hill
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you're sister couldn't make it but i bet you will
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knockin' back a jelly jar of watermelon wine, i aint never seen a place where the sun can't- shine
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wash off all that make up with a garden hose
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watch the freckles sparkle down the ridge of your nose
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[Pre-chorus]
with your lemon yellow ribbons and your bleach blonde hair
blendin' in the sun 'till you're barely there
blendin' in the sun 'till you're barely there
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[Chorus]
: C G C G C G D G :
and we'll be off the radar, off the map - stretched out in the tall green grass
only green, against the blue its only me, against you
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: C G C G C G D G :
a man that said "dreams don't last" never slept in the tall green grass
and a man that said "coo-coo-cachoo" did some time in the tall green grass with you
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Repeat Intro after Chorus
[Verse II]
warm molasses midnight on a mississippi star
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got a candy apple a** on the hood of my car
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*(mute strings right after "can't-")
never could've told me you'd've gone this far - i can't even tell you where the f**k we are
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[Chorus]
: C G C G C G D G :
we must be off the radar, off the map - stretched out in the tall green grass
only green, against the blue its only me, against you
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: C G C G C G D G :
a man that said "dreams don't last" never slept in the tall green grass
a man that said "coo-coo-cachoo" did some time in the tall green grass with you
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[Bridge]
C G D G C
now leave your reservations in the cold red clay
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we got tall green grass... for the whole damn day...
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[Chorus]
: C G C G C G D G :
we must be off the radar, off the map - stretched out in the tall green grass
only green, against the blue its only me, against you
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: C G C G C G D G :
a man that said "dreams don't last" never slept in the tall green grass
a man that said "oooo~" did some time in the tall green grass
did some time in the tall green grass
did some time in the tall green grass... with you
[Outro]
C G C G C G D G
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