In The Gravel Yard -- Blue Highway
Capo 4th fret
Blugrass Strumming Pattern
[Instrumental break]
—G---/G---/C---/G---/G---/D---/G---/G---/
G---/G---/C---/G---/G---/D---/G---/G---/
[Chorus]
G C G
In the gravel yard, with a number for my name
G D G
Making little rocks out of big rocks all day
G C G
Oh, the work is mighty hard in the gravel yard
G D G
I'll never be a free man, so they say.
[Instrumental break]
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G---/G---/C---/G---/G---/D---/G---/G---/
[Verse 1]
G C G
Warden hear my plea, listen now to me
G D G
I killed a man that I caught with my wife
G C G
You'd probably do the same, so why am I to blame
G D G
Sentenced to the rest of my life
[Chorus]
G C G
In the gravel yard, with a number for my name
G D G
Making little rocks out of big rocks all day
G C G
Oh, the work is mighty hard in the gravel yard
G D G
I'll never be a free man, so they say.
[Instrumental break]
—G---/G---/C---/G---/G---/D---/G---/G---/
G---/G---/C---/G---/G---/D---/G---/G---/
[Verse 2]
G C G
In the driven rain with a ball and chain
G D G
My hammer rings a low and mournful sound
G C G
I sing a little song for the one who done me wrong
G D G
She’s lyin’ in the cold, cold ground
[Chorus]
G C G
In the gravel yard, with a number for my name
G D G
Making little rocks out of big rocks all day
G C G
Oh, the work is mighty hard in the gravel yard
G D G
I'll never be a free man, so they say.
[Instrumental break]
—G---/G---/C---/G---/G---/D---/G---/G---/
G---/G---/C---/G---/G---/D---/G---/G---/
[Chorus]
G C G
In the gravel yard, with a number for my name
G D G
Making little rocks out of big rocks all day
G C G
Oh, the work is mighty hard in the gravel yard
G D G
I'll never be a free man, so they say. G---/D---/G---/G---/end