{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1718097,"song":"Readin Writin Rt 23","artist":"Dwight Yoakam","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1718097-readin-writin-rt-23-chords-by-dwight-yoakam/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1718097?type=chord","rating":4.9943,"votes":42,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey learned readin', writin', Route 23[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the jobs that lay waiting in those cities' factories[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey didn't know that that old highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCould lead them to a world of misery[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave you ever been down Kentucky way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSay south of Prestonburg[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave you ever been up in a holler[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nHave you ever heard[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA mountain man cough his life away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom diggin' that black coal[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn those dark mines, those old dark mines[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf you had you might just understand[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe reason that they left it all behind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause they learned readin', writin', Route 23[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the jobs that lay waitin' in those cities' factories[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThey learned readin', writin', roads to the north[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the luxury and comfort a coal miner can't afford[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey thought readin', writin', Route 23[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAh, would take them to the good life that they had never seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey didn't know that old highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCould lead them to a world of misery[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHave you ever seen 'em put the kids in the car[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAfter work on Friday night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nPull up in a holler about 2 A. M.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd see a light still shinin' bright[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThose mountain folks sat up that late[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nto hold those little grandkids[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn their arms, in their arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm proud to say that I've been blessed[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd touched by their sweet hillbilly charm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey learned readin', writin', Route 23[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the jobs that lay waiting in those cities' factories[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThey learned readin', writin', roads to the north[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the luxury and comfort a coal miner can't afford[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey thought readin', writin', Route 23[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, would take them to the good life that they had never seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey didn't know that old highway[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCould lead them to a world of misery[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah, it turns out that that old highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLeads you to a world of misery[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nD G D A G D\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","G","A","D7","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}