Johnny Cash Highway Patrolman

Tom: A Afinação D A D G B E Intro: 4x: A A A My name is Joe Roberts D A I work for the state A A I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville A E7 E7 Barracks number eight A A I always done an honest job D A Honest as I could A E7 Got a brother named Frankie E7 A A Frankie ain't no good A A Ever since we were young kids D A It’s been the same come down A A I get a call on the shortwave A E7 E7 Frankie's in trouble down - town A A Well if it was any other man D A I'd put him straight a - way A E7 But sometimes when it's your brother E7 A A You look the other way Refrão: D A Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' D A Nothin' feels better than blood on blood D A Takin' turns dancin' with Ma - ria A A While the band played "the Night of the E7 E7 Johnstown Flood" A A I catch him when he's strayin' D A Like any brother should A E7 Man turns his back on his family E7 A A He ain't no good A A Well Frankie went in the army D A Back in nineteensixty - five A A I got a farm de - ferment, A E7 E7 Settled down, took Maria for my wife A A But them wheat prices kept on droppin' D A Till it was like we were gettin' robbed A E7 Frankie came home in sixtyeight E7 A Me, I took this job Refrão: D A Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' D A Nothin' feels better than blood on blood D A Takin' turns dancin' with Ma - ria A While the band played "the Night of the E7 E7 Johnstown Flood" A A I catch him when he's strayin' D A Teach him how to walk that line A E7 Man turns his back on his family E7 A A Ain't no friend of mine Solo: A D A A A Well the night was like any other D A I got a call `bout quarter to nine A A There was trouble in a roadhouse E7 Out on the Michigan line A A There was a kid on the floor lookin' bad D A Bleedin' hard from his head A E7 There was a girl cry'n' at a table E7 A A It was Frank, she said A A I ran out and I jumped in my car D A Then I hit the lights A A I musta done a hundred and ten A E7 E7 Through Michigan county that night A A It was down by the crossroads, D A Out by Willow bank A E7 Seen a Buick with O - hio plates E7 A A Behind the wheel was Frank A A Well I chased him through them county roads D A Till a sign said "Canadian border five miles from here" A E7 Pulled over the side of the highway E7 A Watched his tail-lights disappear Refrão: D A Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' D A Nothin' feels better than blood on blood D A Takin' turns dancin' with Ma - ria A While the band played "the Night of the E7 E7 Johnstown Flood" A A I catch him when he's strayin' D A Like any brother should E7 Man turns his back on his family A He ain't no good