Maggie Creek Road

	  		


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Mama stood on the front porch ringing her hands 
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Watched the tail lights fading on his black Trans Am 
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With her precious little baby taking off inside 
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Staring at him with stars in her eyes 
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She tried to tell her, but the girl might as well have been deaf 
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She wasn't gonna listen to a word she said 



              G            Am   Em 
Don't go down Maggie Creek Road  
           C            D    Em 
With a boy looking like that  
                              G     Am   Em 
He'll tell ya things that you wanna hear 
                   C       D    Em 
And there'll be no turning back 
                    G           Am   Em 
There's an oak tree down by the lake  
                       C    D            Em 
In the shade where the wild flowers grow  
                    G      Am 
What'll happen only heaven knows 
   C        B7                Em 
So don't go down Maggie Creek Road 



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      C                                 Em 
Was a still black night as dark as coal 
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Nobody heard her when she said 'No' 
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She kicked and screamed and got free somehow 
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Tore her dress on the door when he pushed her out 
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She walked thirteen miles on the gravel road 
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With tears in her eyes, twenty years ago 


 
              G            Am   Em 
Don't go down Maggie Creek Road  
           C            D    Em 
With a boy looking like that  
                              G     Am   Em 
He'll tell ya things that you wanna hear 
                   C       D    Em 
And there'll be no turning back 
                    G           Am   Em 
There's an oak tree down by the lake  
                       C    D            Em 
In the shade where the wild flowers grow  
                    G      Am 
What'll happen only heaven knows 
   C        B7                Em 
So don't go down Maggie Creek Road 



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C                          Em 
Somehow mama's always know  
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'Cause they should have been home an hour ago 
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When she pulled up, it was just going down  
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She turned her headlights off, didn't make a sound  
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She heard her baby crying 'No', but he wouldn't stop  
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Her heart went cold and her blood ran hot  
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With a pistol in her hand, she opened his door 
          C                         Em 
You don't wanna see mama go to war 



              G            Am   Em 
Don't go down Maggie Creek Road  
           C            D    Em 
With a boy looking like that  
                              G     Am   Em 
He'll tell ya things that you wanna hear 
                   C       D    Em 
And there'll be no turning back 
                    G           Am   Em 
There's an oak tree down by the lake  
                       C    D            Em 
In the shade where the wild flowers grow  
                    G      Am 
What'll happen only heaven knows 
   C        B7           C        B7 
So don't go down, I say, don't go down 



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Maggie Creek Road 
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Oh, don't go down 
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Oh, don't go   down 
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Maggie Creek Road 

Maggie Creek Road 


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