Hayride to Hell
From the album Mars Needs Guitars
[INTRO]
Em
[VERSE 1]
D Am Em
Charlie was a driver and he hardly spent a night at home
D Am Em
He never saw his family, trucking loads those long weeks on the road, oh
[CHORUS]
G Em
And Charlie would drive (And Charlie would drive)
G Em
For miles and miles (For miles and miles)
C B/C Am G Em
Alone, whoa
[VERSE 2]
D Am Em
Charlie had a teenage daughter he thought of as a little girl
D Am Em
But one day he came home his little girl had grown-up news to tell
[CHORUS]
G Em
Oh Daddy, she cried (Oh Daddy, she cried)
G Em
Oh Daddy, I tried (Oh Daddy, I tried)
C B/C Am G Em
But on the hayride how I fell
C B/C Am G Em
That was a hayride bound for Hell
[VERSE 3]
D Am Em
Now Billy Jackson was the father but he wasn't man enough to own
D Am Em
And his daddy was the mayor who told Charlie, "Why don't you leave my Billy-boy alone?"
[CHORUS]
G Em
Billy had to hide (Billy had to hide)
G Em
There was guilt inside (There was guilt inside)
C B/C Am G Em
And you can't hide from yourself
C B/C Am G Em
That's just a hayride bound for Hell
[SOLO]
D Em D Em
G Em G Em
C B/C Am G Em
[VERSE 4]
D Am Em
Charlie's daughter died whilst giving birth to Billy Jackson's child
D Am Em
And Billy Jackson ain't been seen around these parts for quite a while
[CHORUS]
G Em
And Charlie would drive (And Charlie would drive)
G Em
For miles and miles (For miles and miles)
C B/C Am G Em
And his tail-lights say farewell
C B/C Am G Em
Just like a hayride bound for...
C B/C Am G Em
And his tail-lights said say farewell
C B/C Am G Em
He's a hayride bound for Hell
[OUTRO]
Em
Bound for Hell (Hell)
He's Bound For Hell
D Em