Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] D Am D Am D Am G [Verse 1]
D                Am      D           Am
  Sittin' in the kitchen, a house in Macon

D           Am                 C   G
  Loretta's singing on the radio

D          Am      C         G
  Smell of coffee, eggs and bacon

     D   Am            C    G
Car wheels on a gravel road

D          Am               D        Am
  Pull the curtains back and look outside

D          Am                C    G
  Somebody somewhere I don't know

D             Am                 C        G
  Come on now child, we're gonna go for a ride

     D   Am            C    G 
Car wheels on a gravel road
[Chorus]
    C                  G
Car wheels on a gravel road

    C                  G
Car wheels on a gravel road      
[Interlude] D Am D Am D Am G [Verse 2]
D              Am         D        Am
  Can't find a damn thing in this place

D                   Am        C    G
  Nothing's where I left it before

D        Am         C          G
  Set of keys and a dusty suitcase

     D   Am            C    G
Car wheels on a gravel road

D                Am          D         Am
  There goes the screen door slamming shut

D            Am              C    G
  You better do what you're told

D           Am                    C          G
 When I get back this room better be picked-up

     D   Am            C    G
Car wheels on a gravel road
[Chorus]
    C                  G
Car wheels on a gravel road

    C                  G
Car wheels on a gravel road
[Interlude] D Am D Am D Am G [Verse 3]
D            Am     D            Am
  Low hum of voices in the front seat

D         Am      C    G
  Stories nobody knows

D              Am            C         G
  Got folks in Jackson we're going to meet

     D   Am            C    G
Car wheels on a gravel road

D        Am                D          Am
  Cotton fields stretching miles and miles

D         Am              C   G
  Hank's voice on the radio

D                Am             C        G
Telephone poles, trees and wires fly on by

     D   Am            C    G
Car wheels on a gravel road
[Chorus]
    C                  G
Car wheels on a gravel road

    C                  G
Car wheels on a gravel road
[Interlude] D Am D Am D Am G [Verse 4]
D        Am           D       Am
  Broken down shacks, engine parts

D              Am                     C    G
  Could tell a lie but my heart would know

D               Am          C        G
  Listen to the dogs barkin' in the yard

     D   Am            C    G
Car wheels on a gravel road

D              Am              D             Am
  Child in the backseat, about four or five years

D           Am        C   G
  Lookin' out the window

D               Am   C           G
  Little bit of dirt mixed with tears

     D   Am            C    G
Car wheels on a gravel road
[Chorus]
    C                  G
Car wheels on a gravel road

    C                  G
Car wheels on a gravel road

    C                  G
Car wheels on a gravel road

    C                  G
Car wheels on a gravel road
[Outro] D Am D Am D Am G D Am D Am D Am G