Drive-By Truckers - Pulaski

^CShe^F wa^Cs fresh out of college ^CThe^F fi^Crst one in her family to go ^Amand Ca^Flif^Cornia seemed like heaven, ^FPulas^Gki, T^Cennessee was her home

^CShe w^Forked^C on losing her southern accent ^Cand turned her back ^Fon ^Cher Baptist ways ^AmShe bo^Fught ^Csome clothes that barely ^Ccovered^F her fair skinned body, ^GWent to^C Nashville and caught a plane ^FWell th^Ce clouds rushed beneath her ^Amas the L^GA smog filled the air ^FAnd she^C sm^Amiled when the airlock opened ^FThe P^Gacifi^Cc breeze blew through her hair

^CShe t^Fhough^Ct about the boys from Alabama ^CWho c^Fame i^Cnto town every Friday night ^Amand dr^Fank bee^Cr out of big glass quart bottles ^Fand l^Geft t^Cheir trail of blood and tears behind ^FShe thoug^Cht the men in California would be different ^AmShe'd gr^Gown up watching them on her TV ^FBut the^C me^Amn she came to know in California ^FLeft ^Gher l^Conging for Pulaski, Tennessee

^AmGood ideas^G always start with a full glass ^Fand j^Cust bre^Gathing here can make a girl's nose bleed ^FDream^Cs here ^Amlive and die just like a stray dog on a ^Fdirt ^Groad ^Csomewhere in Tennessee

^CThe^F stor^Cefronts all filled up with eyeballs ^CAs ^Fthe p^Colicemen clear out the street ^AmFor a line of cars with^F thei^Cr headlights burning ^FDriving slow^G through Pul^Caski, Tennessee