Drive-By Truckers - Pulaski

^DShe^G wa^Ds fresh out of college ^DThe^G fi^Drst one in her family to go ^Bmand Ca^Glif^Dornia seemed like heaven, ^GPulas^Aki, T^Dennessee was her home

^DShe w^Gorked^D on losing her southern accent ^Dand turned her back ^Gon ^Dher Baptist ways ^BmShe bo^Gught ^Dsome clothes that barely ^Dcovered^G her fair skinned body, ^AWent to^D Nashville and caught a plane ^GWell th^De clouds rushed beneath her ^Bmas the L^AA smog filled the air ^GAnd she^D sm^Bmiled when the airlock opened ^GThe P^Aacifi^Dc breeze blew through her hair

^DShe t^Ghough^Dt about the boys from Alabama ^DWho c^Game i^Dnto town every Friday night ^Bmand dr^Gank bee^Dr out of big glass quart bottles ^Gand l^Aeft t^Dheir trail of blood and tears behind ^GShe thoug^Dht the men in California would be different ^BmShe'd gr^Aown up watching them on her TV ^GBut the^D me^Bmn she came to know in California ^GLeft ^Aher l^Donging for Pulaski, Tennessee

^BmGood ideas^A always start with a full glass ^Gand j^Dust bre^Aathing here can make a girl's nose bleed ^GDream^Ds here ^Bmlive and die just like a stray dog on a ^Gdirt ^Aroad ^Dsomewhere in Tennessee

^DThe^G stor^Defronts all filled up with eyeballs ^DAs ^Gthe p^Dolicemen clear out the street ^BmFor a line of cars with^G thei^Dr headlights burning ^GDriving slow^A through Pul^Daski, Tennessee