Johnny Cash - Highway patrolman

^G My name is Joe ^G Roberts ^C I work for the ^G state I'm a ^G sergeant out of ^G Perrineville ^G Barracks number ^D7 eight ^D7 I ^G always done an ^G honest job ^C Honest as I ^G could ^G Got a brother named ^D7 Frankie ^D7 Frankie ain't no ^G good ^G

^G Ever since we were ^G young kids ^C It’s been the same come ^G down ^G I get a call on the ^G shortwave ^G Frankie's in trouble down - ^D7 town ^D7 Well ^G if it was any ^G other man ^C I'd put him straight a - ^G way But ^G sometimes when it's your ^D7 brother ^D7 You look the other ^G way ^G

Yeah ^C me and Frankie laughin' and ^G drinkin' Nothin' feels ^C better than blood on ^G blood Takin' ^C turns dancin' with Ma - ^G ria While the ^G band played "the ^G Night of the Johnstown ^D7 Flood" ^D7

^G I catch him when he's ^G strayin' ^C Like any brother ^G should ^G Man turns his back on his ^D7 family ^D7 He ain't no ^G good ^G

Well ^G Frankie went in the ^G army Back in ^C nineteensixty - ^G five ^G I got a farm de - ^G ferment, Settled ^G down, took Maria for my ^D7 wife ^D7 But them ^G wheat prices kept on ^G droppin' Till it was ^C like we were gettin' ^G robbed ^G Frankie came home in ^D7 sixtyeight ^D7 Me, I took this ^G job

Yeah ^C me and Frankie laughin' and ^G drinkin' Nothin' feels ^C better than blood on ^G blood ^C Takin' turns dancin' with Ma - ^G ria While the band played "the ^G Night of the Johnstown ^D7 Flood" ^D7

^G I catch him when he's ^G strayin' ^C Teach him how to walk that ^G line ^G Man turns his back on his ^D7 family ^D7 Ain't no friend of ^G mine ^G

Well the ^G night was like any ^G other I got a ^C call `bout quarter to ^G nine There was ^G trouble in a ^G roadhouse Out on the Michigan ^D7 line There was a ^G kid on the floor ^G lookin' bad ^C Bleedin' hard from his ^G head There was a ^G girl cry'n' at a ^D7 table ^D7 It was Frank, she ^G said ^G

^G I ran out and I ^G jumped in my car ^C Then I hit the ^G lights ^G I musta done a ^G hundred and ten Through ^G Michigan county that ^D7 night ^D7 It was ^G down by the ^G crossroads, ^C Out by Willow ^G bank Seen a ^G Buick with O - ^D7 hio plates ^D7 Behind the wheel was ^G Frank ^G Well I ^G chased him through them ^G county roads Till a ^C sign said "Canadian border ^G five miles from here" ^G Pulled over the ^D7 side of the highway ^D7 Watched his tail-lights ^G disappear

Yeah ^C me and Frankie laughin' and ^G drinkin' Nothin' feels ^C better than blood on ^G blood ^C Takin' turns dancin' with Ma - ^G ria While the band played "the ^G Night of the Johnstown ^D7 Flood" ^D7

^G I catch him when he's^G strayin' ^C Like any brother ^G should Man turns his back on his ^D7 family G / He ain't no good//