Readin', Rightin', RT.23
Dwight Yoakam - Readin', Rightin', Rt.23 (tab)
D = xx0232 G = 320003
A = x02220 C = x32010
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INTRO
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They learned readin', rightin', Route 23,
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To the jobs that laid waiting in those cities' factories.
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They didn't know that that old highway
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Could lead them to a world of misery. (FILL*1)
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Have you ever been down Kentucky way,
Say south of Prestonsburg?
Have you ever been up in a holler,
Or have you ever heard
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A mountain man cough his life away,
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If you had you might just understand
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The reason that they left it all behind. (FILL*2)
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'Cause they learned readin', rightin', Route 23, (with FILL*3)
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To the jobs that laid waiting in those cities' factories.
They learned readin', rightin', roads to the north, (with FILL*3)
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To the luxury and comfort a coal miner can't afford.
They thought readin', rightin', Route 23, (with FILL*3)
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Would take them to the good life that they had never seen. (FILL*1)
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They didn't know that that old highway
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Could lead them to a world of misery.
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LEAD GUITAR SOLO
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Have you ever seen 'em put the kids in the car after work on Friday night?
Pull up in a holler about 2 a.m. and see a light still burnin' bright.
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Those mountain folks sat up that late,
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To hold those little grandkids in their arms, in their arms.
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And I'm proud to say that I've been blessed,
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And touched by their sweet hillbilly charm. (FILL*4)
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But they learned readin', rightin', Route 23, (with FILL*3)
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To the jobs that laid waiting in those cities' factories.
They learned readin', rightin', roads to the north, (with FILL*3)
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To the luxury and comfort a coal miner can't afford.
They thought readin', rightin', Route 23, (with FILL*3)
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Would take them to the good life that they had never seen. (FILL*1)
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They didn't know that that old highway
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Could lead them to a world of misery. (FILL*5)
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Yeah, it turns out that that old highway
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Could lead you to a world of misery. (FILL*6)
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h = hammer-on pbr = pre-bend & release
/ = slide up \ = slide down
bh = bend & hold r = release
p = pulloff b = bend
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INTRO (acoustic guitar)
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FILL*1
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E--10--------------------
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FILL*2
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E--10-----------------------------
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FILL*3
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B-----3-----7-------7\-3---
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LEAD GUITAR SOLO
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FILL*4
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FILL*5
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FILL*6
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