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The Drunken Driver Written by Paul Westmoreland Recorded by Ricky Skaggs Capo on 1 [Intro] Em x 8 [Verse]

Now ^Emlisten, you, drunken driver while here on ^Amearth you ^Emdwell You ^Amnever know when the ^Emtime to come when you'll ^B7have to say fare- ^Emwell

I ^Emsaw an accident ^Amone ^Emday, would charm the ^Amhearts of ^Emman And ^Amteach him never to ^Emdrink and drive with a ^B7steerin' wheel in his ^Emhand

This ^Emawful accident occurred on the twentieth ^Amday of ^EmMay And ^Amcaused to lovin' ^Emchildren to ^B7sleep beneath the ^Emclay

These ^Emtwo dear kids walked side by side out on a ^Amstate high- ^Emway Their ^Amlovin' mother, ^Emshe had died and their ^B7father had run a- ^Emway

They were ^Emtalking of their loving parents, how sad their ^Amhearts did ^Emfeel When a- ^Amround the curve came a ^Emspeedin' car with a ^B7drunk man at the ^Emwheel

The ^Emdriver saw these two dear kids and hooted a ^Amdrunkard ^Emsound ?Get ^Amout of the road, you, ^Emlittle fools? and the ^B7car had brought them ^Emdown

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The ^Emdriver staggered from his car to see what ^Amhe had ^Emdone His ^Amheart sank with- ^Emin him when he ^B7saw his dyin' ^Emson

^EmHe then picked up his little one and carried him ^Amto his ^Emcar Then ^Amleanin' on the ^Emrunnin' board, he ^B7prayed a drunkard's ^Emprayer

Sayin', ^Em?Please, oh Lord, forgive me for this awful ^Amcrime I've ^Emdone? His at- ^Amtention then was ^Emcalled away to the ^B7words of his dyin' ^Emson

Sayin' ^Em?Take us to our mother, Dad. She sleeps be- ^Amneath the ^Emground It was ^Amyou and her we was ^Emtalkin' about when the ^B7car had knocked us ^Emdown?

?And ^Emplease, dear Dad, don't drink no more while drivin' ^Amon your ^Emway But ^Ammeet us with our ^Emmother, Dad, in ^B7heaven some sweet day? ^Em

Ricky Skaggs - The drunken driver