Highway Patrolman Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]My name is Joe Roberts,
[F]I work for the[C] state
I'm a sergeant out of
Perrineville, barracks [G]number eight
[C]I always done an honest job,
[F]as honest as I cou[C]ld
I got a brother named Franky,
[G]and Franky ain't no goo[C]d

[Verse 2]
[C]
Now ever since we was young kids,
it's [F]been the same come [C]down
I get a call on the shortwave, Franky's
in trouble [G]downtown
[C]Well if it was any other man,
[F]I'd put him straight awa[C]y
But when it's your brother [G]sometimes
you look the other [C]way
[F]Yeah, me

[Verse 3]
and Franky laughin' and drink[C]in',
nothin' [F]feels better than blood [C]on blood
Tak[F]in' turns dancin' with [C]Maria as the band
played "Night of the [F]Johnstown [G]Flood"
[C]I catch him when h[G]e's strayin',
[C]lik[F]e any brother would[C]
Man turns his back on his family,
[G]well, he just ain't no goo[C]d

[Verse 4]
Well, [C]Franky went in the army
back in [F]nineteen sixty-five
[C]I I got a farm deferment,
settled down, took Maria for [F]my [G]wife
But [C]them wheat prices kept on droppin' 'til it
[F]was like we were gettin' [C]robbed
Franky came home in sixty-eight
[G]and and me I took thi[C]s job
[F]Yeah,

[Verse 5]
we're laughin' and drink[C]in',
nothin' [F]feels better than blood on [C]blood
Tak[F]in' turns dancin' with [C]Maria as the band
played "Night of the [F]Johnstown [G]Flood"
[C]I catch him when he's strayin',
[F]teach him how to walk that lin[C]e
Man turns his back on his family,
[G]he ain't no [C]friend of mine

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 6]
Well, [C]the night was like any other,
I [F]got a call 'bout [C]quarter to nine
There was trouble in a roadhouse
out on the [G]Michigan line
[G]There was [C]a kid lyin' on the floor lookin' bad,
[F]bleedin' hard from his [C]head
Was a girl cryin' [G]at a table and it was Frank,
they [C]said

[Verse 7]
Well, I [C]went out and I jumped in my
[F]car and I hit the light[C]s
Well, I musta done a hundred and ten
through Michigan County [G]that night
It [C]was out at the crossroads,
[F]down 'round Willow [C]bank
Seen a Buick with Ohio [G]plates,
behind [C]the wheel was Frank

[Verse 8]
Well I [C]chased him through
them county roads
'Til a sign [F]said "Canadian bor
[C]der five miles from here"
I pulled over the side of the highway an
[G]d watched his taillight[C]s disappear

[Verse 9]
[C]
[F]Me and Franky laughin' and drinkin',
[C]nothin' fee[F]ls better than blood on blo[C]od
Takin' [F]turns dancin' with [C]Maria as the band
played "Night of the [F]Johnstown [G]Flood"
[C]I catch him when he's strayin'
[F]like any bro[C]ther would
Man turns his back on his family,
[G]he just ain[C]'t no good

[Outro 1]
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