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Highway Patrolman

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Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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INTRO: D (Live in Dublin Version Capo 3 fret)
DMy name is Joe Roberts GI work for the Dstate
I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number A8
DI always done an honest job Gas honest as I Dcould
I got a brother named AFranky and Frank he ain't no Dgood
Now ever since we was young kids it's Gbeen the same come Ddown
I get a call on the shortwave Franky's in trouble downAtown
DWell if it was any other man, GI'd put him straight aDway
But when it's your Abrother sometimes you look the other Dway
CHORUS 1:
Yeah, me and GFranky laughing and Ddrinking noAthing Gfeels better than blood on Dblood
ATakin' Gturns dancin' with DMarie as the band played Night of the Johnstown AFlood
DI catch him when he's straying Glike any brother Dwould
Man turns his back on his Afamily well he just ain't no Dgood
Well Franky went in the army Gback in 196D5
I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my Awife
But Dthem wheat prices kept on dropping 'till it was Glike we were getting Drobbed
Franky came home in `A68, and me, I took this Djob
CHORUS 2:
GYea we're laughing and Ddrinking noAthing Gfeels better than blood on Dblood
TaAkin' Gturns dancin' with DMarie as the band played Night of the Johnstown AFlood
DI catch him when he's straying, Gteach him how to walk that Dline
Man turns his back on his Afamily he ain't no friend of DminGeA  D  
Well the night was like any other, I got a Gcall `bout quarter to Dnine
There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan Aline
There was a Dkid lying on the floor lookin' bad Gbleedin' hard from his Dhead
There was a girl crying at a Atable and it was Frank, they Dsaid
Well I went out and I jumped in my car Gand I hit the Dlights
But I must of done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that Anight
DIt was out at the crossroads, Gdown round Willow Dbank
Seen a Buick with OAhio plates behind the wheel was DFrank
Well I chased him through them county roads
'till a Gsign said Canadian border Dfive miles from here
I pulled over to the side of the Ahighway and watched his taillights disaDppear
CHORUS 3:
Me and GFranky laughing and Ddrinking notAhing Gfeels better than blood on Dblood
ATaking Gturns dancing with MaDrie as the band played Night of the Johnstown AFlood
I Dcatch him when he's straying Glike any brother Dwould
Man turns his back on his Afamily well he just ain't no DgooGdD  
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NOTES:
TUNING: As with most of the songs from this album...it's slightly flat...not
quite a full semitone.
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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DXX0232
G320033
AX02220
All chords in this song (3)

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