Highway Patrolman Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]
My name is [A]Joe Roberts,

[Verse 1]
[D]
[G]I work for the[D] state
I'm a sergeant out on
Perenville barracks [A]num[D]ber 8
I've always done an honest job,
[G]honest as I cou[D]ld
Got a brother named [A]Frankie,
Frankie [D]ain't no good

[Verse 2]
[D]
Ever [A]since we were [D]young kids,
[G]it's been the same come [D]down
I'd get a call on the short wave,
Frankie's in [A]trouble downtown
[D]Well, if it was any other man,
[G]I'd put him straight away
[D]But sometimes when it's your brother,[A]
you look the other way
[D]

[Verse 3]
Yeah, me [G]and Frankie laughin' and [D]drinkin',
nothin' [G]feels better than blood on [D]blood
Takin' [G]turns dancin' with Maria [D]while the band
played "The Night of the [A]Johnstown Flood"
[D]I catch him when he's strayin',
[G]like any bro[D]ther should
Man turns his back on his fam[A]ily,
he [D]ain't no good

[Verse 4]
[D]Well, Frankie went into [A]the
[D]army back [G]in [D]1965
I got a farm deferment, settled down,
took Mari[A]a for my wife
But [D]them wheat [A]prices kept on droppin',
[D]'til it was[A] like we'[G]s gettin' robbed[D]
Frankie came home [A]in '68, and me,
I took [D]this job

[Verse 5]
Yeah, me [G]and Frankie laughin' and drink[D]in',
nothin' [G]feels better than blood on [D]blood
Takin' [G]turns dancin' with Mari[D]a while the band
played "The Night of the [A]Johnstown Flood"
[D]I catch him when he's strayin',
teach [G]him how to walk [D]that line
Man turns his back on his fam
[A]ily ain't no friend of mine
[D]

[Verse 6]
The night was like any other,
I got a [G]call 'bout a quarter [D]to nine
There was trouble at a roadhouse
out on the [A]Michigan line
There [D]was a kid on the floor, lookin' bad,
bleed[G]in' hard from his [D]head
There was a girl cryin' at a table,
[A]it was Frankie, she[D] said

[Verse 7]
[D]I ran out and I j[A]umped in my c[D]ar,
[G]then I hit the[D] lights
I must have done about a hundred and
ten to Michigan [A]County that night
It [D]was down by the crossroads,
[G]out by willow bank
[D]Seen the Buick with Ohi[A]o plates,
behind the wheel [D]was Frank

[Verse 8]
Well, [D]I chased him through them county roads,
'til the sign [G]said Canadian border five [D]miles from here
Pulled over to the side out the high[A]way,
watched the taillights dis[D]appear

[Verse 9]
Yeah, me [G]and Frankie laughin' [D]and drinkin',
nothin' [G]feels better than blood on [D]blood
Takin' [G]turns dancin' with Mari[D]a while the band
played "The Night of the Johnstown [A]Flood"
[D]I catch him when he's strayin',
[G]like any bro[D]ther should
Man turns his back on his fam[A]ily,
he ain't no good