Speed Trap Town

	 
Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
[Versetto]
               RE                 
She said "it's none of my business
        SOL       RE 
 but it breaks my heart" 
She said "it's none of my business but it breaks my heart" 
          RE/SI                  
Dropped a dozen cheap roses in my
 SOL      RE 
 shopping cart 
Dropped a dozen cheap roses in my shopping cart 
        RE                      
Made it out to the truck without
 SOL      RE 
 breaking down 
Made it out to the truck without breaking down 
RE/SI                       SOL   
Everybody knows you in a speed trap
 RE 
 town
Everybody knows you in a speed trap town
[Versetto]
       RE                         
It's a Thursday night but there's a
 SOL         RE 
 high school game 
It's a Thursday night but there's a high school game 
       RE/SI                       
Sneak a bottle up the bleachers and
    SOL   RE 
 forget my name 
Sneak a bottle up the bleachers and forget my name 
      RE                  SOL   
These 5-A bastards run a shallow
 RE 
 cross 
These 5-A bastards run a shallow cross 
      RE/SI                   SOL  
It's a boy's last dream and a man's
      RE 
 first loss
It's a boy's last dream and a man's first loss
[Ritornello]
       MIm          SOL        
And it never did occur to me to
 RE          LA 
 leave, 'til tonight 
And it never did occur to me to leave, 'til tonight 
       MIm             SOL        RE 
There's no one left to ask if I'm all
 right 
There's no one left to ask if I'm all right 
MIm             SOL               
Sleep until I'm straight enough to
 RE          LA 
 drive, then decide 
Sleep until I'm straight enough to drive, then decide 
           MIm           SOL     
If there's anything that can't be
        RE 
 left behind
If there's anything that can't be left behind
[Versetto]
    RE                         SOL 
The doctor said daddy wouldn't make
      RE 
 it a year 
The doctor said daddy wouldn't make it a year 
       RE/SI                   SOL
But the holidays are over and he's
      RE 
 still here 
But the holidays are over and he's still here 
    RE                           
How long can they keep you in the ICU
 SOLRE 
 
How long can they keep you in the ICU 
RE/SI                         SOL  
Veins through the skin like a faded
   RE 
 tattoo
Veins through the skin like a faded tattoo
[Versetto]
      RE                        
Was a tough state trooper 'til a
 SOL    RE 
 decade back 
Was a tough state trooper 'til a decade back 
          RE/SI                      
When that girl who wasn't mama caused
     SOL       RE 
 his heart attack 
When that girl who wasn't mama caused his heart attack 
          RE                       
He didn't care about us when he was
 SOL     RE 
 walkin' around 
He didn't care about us when he was walkin' around 
     RE/SI                   SOL  
Just pulling women over in a speed
     RE 
 trap town
Just pulling women over in a speed trap town
[Ritornello]
       MIm         SOL         
But it never did occur to me to
 RE            LA 
 leave, 'til tonight 
But it never did occur to me to leave, 'til tonight 
       MIm            SOL        
When I realized he'll never be all
 RE 
 right 
When I realized he'll never be all right 
MIm              SOL             RE  
Sign my name and say my last goodbye,
        LA 
 then decide 
Sign my name and say my last goodbye, then decide 
             MIm               SOL  
That there's nothing here that can't
           RE 
 be left behind
That there's nothing here that can't be left behind
[Solo]
[Versetto]
RE                        SOL      RE
Roads got blurry when the sun came up
 
 
Roads got blurry when the sun came up 
RE/SI                       SOL   
Slept a couple hours in the pickup
 RE 
 truck 
Slept a couple hours in the pickup truck 
RE                          SOL   
Drank a cup of coffee by an Indian
  RE 
 mound 
Drank a cup of coffee by an Indian mound 
RE/SI                         SOL  
Thousand miles away from that speed
     RE 
 trap town 
Thousand miles away from that speed trap town 
RE/SI                         SOL  
Thousand miles away from that speed
     RE 
 trap town
Thousand miles away from that speed trap town