The Wreck On The Highway Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays530

The Wreck On The Highway by Roy Acuff is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			brother? 
Who was it fell by the E way? 
When A whiskey and blood run together 
Did you hear E anyone A pray? 
 
I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother 
I D didn't hear nobody A pray 
I heard the crash on the highway 
But, I didn't hear E nobody A pray. 
 
When I heard the crash on the highway 
I knew what it was from the start 
I went to the scene of destruction 
And a picture was stamped on my heart. 
 
There was whiskey and blood all together 
Mixed with glass where they lay 
Death played her hand in destruction 
But I didn't hear nobody pray. 
 
I wish I could change this sad story 
That I am now telling you 
But there is no way I can change it 
For somebody's life is now through. 
 
Their soul has been called by the Master 
They died in a crash on the way 
And I heard the groans of the dying 
But, I didn't hear nobody pray. 
 
CHORUS 
 
 

    	

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