Speed Trap Town

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