[intro]
(Riff 1)
F#m F#m/G
e|---2------2-2-2-2-2-2----|
B|---2------2-2-2-2-2-2----|
G|---2------2-2-2-2-2-2----|
D|---4-s-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
(Repeat 4 times)
[verse 1]
F#m F#m/G F#m F#m/G
She took all her money from the Northern Trust and she ran
F#m/G F#m F#m/G
away from the hands of a no good man
F#m/G F#m F#m/G
She wrote to her mama don't you worry none
F#m/G
There's a better road to heaven and I've got a gun
N.C.
A better road to heaven and I've got a gun
[chorus]
D
Now every bad marriage ends it's true
A
When the man's a drunk and he's beatin' on you
D D D7
Every morning the sun comes up to sta-----ay
A
And another free woman gets to walk away
(Riff 2 which voices the words in the last line of each chorus)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------1---------------------------------------|
G|-1-s-2-2---------2-p-0-----------------------------|
D|------------------------2-p-0---2-p-0--------------|
A|---------------------------------------3-p-0-----0-|
E|----------------------------------------------3----|
Another free woman gets to walk away
F#m F#m/G
[verse 2]
F#m F#m/G F#m F#m/G
She's got her eye on road and a Bible on her lap
F#m/G F#m F#m/G
Her fingers walkin' over a great lakes map
F#m/G
She woulda got clear like a bird that flew
F#m/G
But the law is a man and he's waitin' on you
N.C.
But the law is a man and he's waitin' on you
[chorus]
D
Now every bad marriage ends it's true
A
When the man's a drunk and he's beatin' on you
D D D7
Every morning the sun comes up to sta-----ay
A
And another free woman gets to walk away
(riff 2)
N.C.
Another free woman gets to walk away
[solo]
(Riff 3 repeat 3 times)
e|---2------2-2----2-2----2-----------------|
B|---2------2-2----2-2----2-----------------|
G|---2------2-2----2-2----2-----------------|
D|---4-s-5--5-5--5-5-5----5-s-4-0-----0-----|
A|---------------------------------5--------|
E|------------------------------------------|
(Riff 4 finish solo with this riff)
e|---2------2-2--2------2-2---------------------0-0---|
B|---2------2-2--2------2-2---------------------5-5---|
G|---2------2-2--2------2-2---------------------0-0---|
D|---2------2-2--2------2-2--2------------------7-7---|
A|---4-h-5--5-5--4-h-5--5-5----5-p-4--0---0-----0-0---|
E|--------------------------------------3-------------|
F#m F#m/G
[verse 3]
F#m/G F#m F#m/G
Blood red dawn in a dark night sky
F#m/G F#m F#m/G
And the moon lookin' down with a cold ,clear eye
F#m/G
The truck behind her was gaining fast
F#m/G F#m F#m/G
So she stopped on the shoulder to let him pass
[verse 4]
F#m/G F#m F#m/G
And she saw his face as the truck door slammed
F#m/G F#m F#m/G
There was murder in the eyes of that no good man
F#m/G F#m F#m/G
So she reached in her bible and pulled her gun
N.C.
One shot rang and in the rising sun
[chorus]
D
Now every bad marriage ends it's true
A
When the man's a drunk and he's beatin' on you
D D D7
Every morning the sun comes up to sta-----ay
A
And another free woman gets to walk away
(Riff 2)
N.C.
Another free woman gets to walk away
(Repeat solo to end)