Wrong Side Of The Road

	  		
Intro: Bm  Bbm  Bm  F#  F#7  Bm  Bbm  Bm  F#  F#7  

Bm                    F#7 
Put a dead cat on the railroad tracks,  
Bm                             F#7 
the Wolf-bains blooming by the tressels. 
        E7                           F#7            
Get the eyeball of a rooster and the stones from a ditch 
    E7                                 F#7 
and wash 'em down with bilge water and say you'll never snitch. 


         Bm                                F#7 
Take the buttons from a yellow jacket, the feather from a buzzard. 
    Bm                            F#7 
The blood from the bounty hunters cold black heart. 
          E7                    F#7 
Catch the tears of a widow in a thimble made of glass.  
          E7                          F#7 
Tell your Mama and your Papa they can kiss your ass. 


Bm                          F#7 
Poison all the water in the wishin' well 
    Bm                              F#7 
and hang all them scarecrows from a sycamore tree. 
     E7                              F#7 
Burn down all them honeymoons put 'em in a pillow case 
         E7                               F#7 
and wait next to the switch blades at the amusement park for me. 


Bm                                   F#7 
Strangle all the Christmas carolers, scratch out all the prayers. 
        Bm                      F#7 
Tie 'em up with barbed wire and push 'em down the stairs. 
     E7                               F#7 
I'll whittle you a pistol for keepin' nightmares off your blinds. 
      E7                             F#7 
Those sons 'o bitches always seem to sneak up from behind. 


Bm                           F#7 
Syphon all the gas from your Daddys pick-up truck. 
Bm                        F#7 
Fill up Johnnys T-Bird, I got a couple bucks. 
    E7                         F#7 
Put on a little perfume, rap a ribbon in your hair. 
        E7                         F#7 
Careful that you don't wake up the hounds. 


Bm                               F#7 
Tear a bolt of lightning off the side of the sky. 
Bm                                  F#7 
Throw it in the cedar chest, if you want I'll tell you why.  
E7                               F#7 
Bring the gear shift knob from a 49 Merc. 
   E7                             F#7 
Ly down here beside me and let me hold you in the dirt. 

  
Bm                             F#7 
You're gonna tremble, tear the throat out of the night. 
          Bm                               F#7 
Sink your teeth into my shoulder, dig your nails into my back. 
          E7                 F#7 
Tell that little girl to let go of my sleeve.  
            E7                                F#7 
You'll be a woman when I catch you, come baby fall in love with me. 

  
     Bm                          F#7 
With my double barrel shotgun, a whole box of shells, 
      Bm                     F#7 
we'll celebrate the 4th of July. 
           E7               F#7 
We'll do a 100 mph spendin' someone elses dough. 
      E7                         F#7               Bm 
Drive all the way to Reno on the wrong side of the road. 


F#7                      Bm    F#7                   Bm 
On the wrong side of the road. The wrong side of the road. 
F#7                   Bm    F#7                   Bm 
The wrong side of the road. 
F#7                 Bm  F#7                 Bm 
Bap doo da, bap doo da. Bap doo da, bap doo da.