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The Carroll County Accident - Porter Wagoner
Intro:
C    G7    C
#1
CCarroll County's pointed out as G7kinda of square
The biggest thing that happens, is the Ccounty fair,
I guess that's why it seemed like such a G7big event,
What we all call the Carroll County Caccident.
#2
CThe wreck was on the highway just G7inside the line,
Walter Browning lost his life, and Cfor a time
It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones would G7surely die,
But she lived long enough for her to Ctestify.
#3
CWalter Browning was a happy G7married man,
And he wore a golden wedding ring Cupon his hand,
But it was gone, nobody knew just G7where it went,
He lost it, in the Carroll County CAccident.F  A  D  
#4
DMary Ellen testified that he Aflagged her down,
Said he was sick, and could she drive him Dinto town,
No one ever doubted what she Asaid was true,
'Cause she was well respected in the Dcounty too.
#5
DI went down to see the wreck like Aall the rest,
The bloody seats, the broken glass, the Dtangled mess,
But I found something no one else had Aeven seen,
Behind the dash in Mary's crumpled Dup machine.G  B7  E  
#6
EA little match box circled by a B7rubber band,
And inside the ring from Walter EBrowning's hand,
It took awhile to figure out just B7what it meant,
The truth about the Carroll County Eaccident.
#7
EBy dark of night I dropped the ring B7into a well,
And took a sacred oath that I would Enever tell,
The truth about the Carroll County B7accident,
Cause the County ordered Dad a marble Emonument,
I B7lost him in the Carroll County Eaccident.A  E  

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The Carroll County Accident

by Porter Wagoner

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The Carroll County Accident - Porter Wagoner

Intro:

C G7 C

C G7

Carroll County's pointed out as kinda of square

The biggest thing that happens, is the county fair,

I guess that's why it seemed like such a big event,

What we all call the Carroll County accident.

C G7

The wreck was on the highway just inside the line,

Walter Browning lost his life, and for a time

It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones would surely die,

But she lived long enough for her to testify.

C G7

Walter Browning was a happy married man,

And he wore a golden wedding ring upon his hand,

But it was gone, nobody knew just where it went,

C F A D

He lost it, in the Carroll County Accident.

D A

Mary Ellen testified that he flagged her down,

Said he was sick, and could she drive him into town,

No one ever doubted what she said was true,

'Cause she was well respected in the county too.

D A

I went down to see the wreck like all the rest,

The bloody seats, the broken glass, the tangled mess,

But I found something no one else had even seen,

D G B7 E

Behind the dash in Mary's crumpled up machine.

E B7

A little match box circled by a rubber band,

And inside the ring from Walter Browning's hand,

It took awhile to figure out just what it meant,

The truth about the Carroll County accident.

E B7

By dark of night I dropped the ring into a well,

And took a sacred oath that I would never tell,

The truth about the Carroll County accident,

Cause the County ordered Dad a marble monument,

B7 E A E

I lost him in the Carroll County accident.

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