B Lord Mary took to running with a travelin man
Left her momma crying with her head in her hands
Such a E sad case so broken B hearted
B She say momma I got to go I gotta get out of here
I gotta get out of town
I'm tired of hanging around
I gotta E roll on between the B ditches
B It's just an ordinary story bout the way things go
Round and round nobody knows
But the E highway goes on for B ever
That old E highway rolls on f B orever
B Lord she never would have done it if she hadn't got drunk
If she hadn't started running with a traveling man
If she E hadn't started taking those crazy B chances
B She say daughter let me tell you bout the traveling kind
Eveywhere he's going such a very short time
He'll be E long gone before you B know it
He'll be E long gone before you B know it
She say G#m never have I known it when it F# felt so good
E Never have I knew it when I B knew I could
G#m Never have I done it when it F# looked so right
E Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
SOLO
B This is down in the swampland anything goes
It's alligator bait and the bars don't close
It's the E real thing down in Loui B siana
B Did you ever a cajun when he really got mad
Really got trouble like a daughter gone bad
It gets E real hot down in Louisi B ana
B The stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed
He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will
It ain't E no time for lengthy B speaches
There ain't E no time for lengthy s B peaches
She say G#m never have I known it when it F# felt so good
E Never have I knew it when I knew I B could
G#m Never have I done it when it F# looked so right
E Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
She say G#m never have I known it when it F# felt so good
E Never have I knew it when I knew I B could
G#m f#
Never have I done it when it looked so right
E Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
E Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight
B It's just an ordinary story bout the way things go
Round and round nobody knows
But the E highway goes on for B ever
That ain't E no way to stop the B water
E B E B E B
From Emmylou Harris "Quarter Moon In A Ten Cents Down"
Warner Brothers Records 1978
Tessa Publishing Company(BMI)
Emmylou Harris
