Highway Patrolman Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]My name is Jewel [A]Rob[G]erts.
[C]I work for the s[G]tate.
I'm a sergeant out of Perronville,
barracks number [A]eight.[D]
[G]I've always done an honest job
[C]As honest as I [G]could
I got a brother named Frankie
[D]Frankie ain't [G]no good
Ever since we were young kids,
it's been [C]the same come [G]down
I get a call on the shortwave,
Frankie's in trouble down[A]town
[D]If [G]it were any other man,
well, [C]I'd put him straight [G]away
But when it's your brother,
[D]sometimes you look the oth[G]er way
Me [C]and Frankie laughing and [G]drinking
Nothing [C]feels better
than blood [G]on blood
Takin' [C]turns dancin' with Mari[G]a
While the band plays the night
of the Johnstown flood
[D]Catch [G]him when he's fallin'
like [C]any brother would
[G]Man turns his back on his family
[D]He just ain't [G]no good
Now Frankie went [A]in the [G]army
Back in [C]1965 [G]I got a farm deferment
Settled down, took Maria for [A]my [D]bride
But [G]them wheat prices kept on droppin'
Till it was [C]like we were getting [G]robbed
Frank came home in 68
[D]and me I took [G]this job
Me [C]and Franky laughing and [G]drinking
Nothing [C]feels better
than blood [G]on blood
Takin' [C]turns dancin' with Mari[G]a
While the band played
the night of the Johnstown flood
[D]Cat[G]ch him when he's strayin',
teach him [C]how to walk [G]that line
Man turns his back on his [D]family,
he ain't
Ain't no friend [G]of mine[C][D][G]
Well the night was like any other
I got a [C]call about a quarter [G]to nine
Trouble in a roadhouse
Out on the Michigan [A]line
[D]There was a k[G]id lyin'
on the floor lookin' bad
Bleedin' [C]hard from his [G]head
There's a girl cryin' at a table
[D]Frank done this, [G]she said
I ran right out to my car an
[C]d I[G] hit the lights
Must have done a hundred and ten
through Michigan County that [D]night
[G]I was out at the crossroads,
down [C]round [G]Willow Bank
Seen a Buick with Ohio plates,
[D]behind the wheel was[G] Frank
I chased him through them county roads,
till a [C]sign said
Canadian [G]border
five miles from here
Pulled over the side of the highway
[D]Watched his taillights disap[G]pear
Me and [C]Frankie laughing and drink[G]ing
Nothing [C]feels better
than blood [G]on blood
Taking [C]turns dancing with Mari[G]a
While the band played the night of
the Johnstown [D]flood[G]
Catch him when he's falling
Like [C]any brother [G]would
Man turns his back on his family
[D]But he just ain't [G]no good you