Down The Road

DOWN THE ROAD
By: Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Key: Bb

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Down the road a mile or two
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Lives a lit-tle girl named Pear-ly Blue
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A-bout so high her hair is brown
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The pret-ti-est thing,
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Boys, in this town

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An-y-time you want to know
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Where I'm go-ing, down the road
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Just get my girl on the line
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You'll find me there most an-y time

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Ev-‘ry-day and Sun-day too
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I go  see that Pear-ly Blue
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Be-fore you hear that roos-ter crow
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You'll see me head-in’ down the road

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Old man Flatt he owned a farm
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From the hog lot to the barn
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And from the barn to the rail
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He made his liv-in’ 
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by car-ry-in’ the mail

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Ev-‘ry time I get the blues
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I walk the soles right off my shoes
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I don't know why I love her so
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That gal of mine lives down the road
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