Chris Knight - Crooked road

^GGot married at 16, had a 15 ^Cyear old ^Dwife ^DGuess I've been a grown man, ^Cjust about all my ^Glife ^GLike my daddy before me, I've ^Cdone the best I ^Dcould ^DSomehow things turned out a little ^Cworse than they ^Gsho^Gsusuld ^{G Gsus}

^GLogan West Virginia is a ^Chundred mile ^Dbehind ^DCoal mines took my boys life and my ^CJanie's piece of ^Gmind ^GAll I know is back in Logan and I ain't ^Cnever been that ^Dsmart D C G (walk up to) But I know I had to leave there to heal my Janie's heart

^CDamn these hard times, ^Ddamn the coal mines ^GDamn the good dreams gone ^Ccold ^GWhile I'm at it, ^Ddamn this crooked ^Groad ^{C D}

Me and Janie worked hard to ^Cget our children ^Dgrown ^DJunior was our first born it's ^Ccut us to the ^Gbone ^GWe learned long ago that you don't ^Cdoubt the good lords ^Dplan D C G (walk up to) But some things is hard to take lord, we just tryin' to understand

^CDamn these hard times, ^Ddamn the coal mines ^GDamn the good dreams gone ^Ccold ^GWhile I'm at it, ^Ddamn this crooked ^Groad

^GThere's a big blue ocean another ^C300 mile ^{D D}Sun on the water just might ^Cmake my Janie ^Gsmile ^GLight in her eyes is worth ^Cmore to me than ^Dgold D C G (walk up to) Hope runs a straight line right down this mountain road

^CDamn these hard times, ^Ddamn the coal mines ^GDamn the good dreams gone ^Ccold ^GWhile I'm at it, ^Ddamn this crooked ^Groad ^{C G}While I'm at it, ^Ddamn this crooked ^Groad ^{Gsus G Gsus}