Key: F / Capo: 1 / Play: E

INTRO:

E-4–4–4–3–2–0-
B-5–5–5–4–3–0-
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VERSE:
Well you said you’ve had enough you said that you were leavin’
I said shove off honey baby I ain’t grievin’
Pack your bags and pull out this evenin’
There’s a wide open road

On Saturday mornin’ you were nowhere about
And so I searched the town but you had done pulled out
I looked north, east, and west and then a-leadin’ south
I saw a wide open road

REFRAIN:
There’s a wide open road
It’s leadin’ south from my abode
If you stick around then turn your damper down
Or there’s a wide open road

BREAK:

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VERSE:
Well the reason I was lookin’ for you all over town
Was to tell you that your kitty-cat he’s still around
And you left your weddin’ ring when you went down
That wide open road

If you’re gonna stay away then honey let me know
How to cook hot biscuits out of a roll of dough
Everything’s gone crazy since I told you to go
Down the wide open road

REFRAIN:
There’s a wide open road
And honey I want you to know
You can look down south or you can turn back home
And there’s a wide open road

Key: F / Capo: 1 / Play: E

INTRO: E

VERSE:
Well a-readin’ and a-writtin’ and arithmatic never did get through to me
It ain’t because I’m square or thick cause I learned my ABC’s
But when I graduated from grammar school and I moved one grade above
I began to be a snook at hook but I made straight A’s in love

CHORUS:
Now the teacher would say to learn your algebra but I’d bring home C’s and D’s
How could I make an A when there’s a swingin’ maid
On the left and on the right and in the back and the front of me
Oh my grades are low on my card I know but they oughta give me one above
If they’d give me a mark for learning in the dark I’d have straight A’s in love

INSTRUMENTAL: E A B7 E

VERSE:
Now in my senior year with graduation near I did my homework every night
And when my mama said I oughta go to bed I’d turn out all the lights
But one sweetie pie was waiting right outside she’d be cooing like a dove
Although I did my best I failed semester test but I made straight A’s in love

REPEAT CHORUS