Written by Buddy Jewell
INTRO: C C C/G C C/B Dm Would you believe this blacktop highway used to be a one-lane gravel road F F/C G G/B C Back when Johnny Cash was just somebody Daddy went to school with years ago C/G C C/B Dm When the cottonwoods reached to the sky & honeysuckle vines reached all around F F/C G G/B C My eyes well up with memories every time I think about this little town, 'causeI used to laugh at all the stories Daddy'd tell me about all the mischief he'd get in Dream of penny candy nickels soda pops, Lord what a dollar'd buy back then When livin' life was picture perfect like a Norman Rockwell painting of the South Lord I'd give almost anything to hear my daddy tell his stories now, he'd say CHORUS SOLO: C Dm F G C CHORUS: F C Yes I know there's bigger cities, but there ain't no better town Dm C Folks here don't live in fear and lock their doors long before the sun goes down F Am F The population sign ain't changed in years I guessed it's destined to be small Dm C F G C Ah but everyday I thank the Lord He made Dyess Arkansas Dm C F G C Yeah everyday I thank the Lord He made Dyess Arkansas OUTRO: CF C I know there's bigger cities, full of all the sights and sounds Dm C Where people live in fear and lock their doors long before the sun goes down F Am F The drive-in picture show's been closed for years, no superstores or mini-malls Dm C F G C Ah but everyday I thank the Lord He made Dyess Arkansas