Intro 

G G C G  G G D D  G G C G   C G D Em Em G G  


verse 1 

     Em         G 
The covey took wing 
 D          G 
Shotguns a singing 
   C            G           D           D 
A pointing dog down in the old logging road 

 Em        G 
Danny got three 
     D             G 
And looked back a grinning 
   C        G           D          D 
I fumbled around and I tried to reload 

     C           G 
The country was cold 
          D            G 
With the sun westward sinking 
      C          G            D       D 
It's good to be back in this place 

         C      G 
With my hands around 
   D            G 
A Belgian made Browning 
    C           G            D      D      D      D 
My mind on the lines of her face 


verse 2 

          Em         G 
Well now Danny's my buddy 
    D            G 
We grew up like family 
 C           G        D             D 
Hunted this timber before we could drive 

     Em          G 
The old English pointer 
    D             G 
He once belonged to me 
       C        G         D         D 
But I gave him up when I moved in '05 

 C          G 
Off to the girl 
 D          G 
Off to the city 
 C        G          D       D 
Off on a wing and a chance 

        C                 G 
Hell I thought it'd play out 
 D              G 
Just like some story 
 C          G         D     D      D       D 
We fell in love at a rodeo dance 


[Refrão]
         G   G          C        G 
She said go on back to Cherokee County 
           C               G             D           D 
Won't you crawl back with nothing but a razor and a comb 
 G           G              C            G 
Babe, if you need me, I'll be where you found me 
 C        G            D              Em     Em      G      G 
Go on to hell, honey, I'm headed home 

verse 3 

           Em           G 
Dan says, "Look at old Jim 
   D       G 
A dozen Decembers 
   C           G             D        D 
Behind him no worse for the wear 

          Em            G 
And your time spent in Tulsa 
     D             G 
Did not help your shooting 
     C           G             D        D 
And look at the gray in your hair 

     C            G   
How good does it feel? 
       D             G 
You belong in these hills 
      C             G          D       D 
It's best that you let it all end 

               C            G 
If you'd have married that girl 
            D           G 
You'd have married her family 
 C            G         D       D       D       D 
You dodged a bullet my friend" 



[Refrão]
         G   G          C        G 
She said go on back to Cherokee County 
           C               G             D           D 
Won't you crawl back with nothing but a razor and a comb 
 G            G             C            G 
Babe, if you need me, I'll be where you found me 
 C        G            D             Em     Em      G      G 
Go on to hell, honey, I'm headed home 


verse 4 

 Em 
I was beginning 
    D 
To deal with it ending 
     Am                        G          D 
The old dog had pointed while part of me died 

       Em 
And a flutter of feathers 
        G 
Then a shotgun to shoulder 
   C              G          D 
I thought of the Fourth of July 
           C           G          D 
She'll be home on the Fourth of July 
             C            G          D 
I bet we'll dance on the Fourth of July 


Bridge 

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Verse 5 

            C         G 
Dan says, "Hell of a shot 
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Looks like you've still got it 
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That's what we came here to do 

      C            G 
It's light enough still 
        D           G 
At the foot of the hill 
          C         G         D     D     D     D 
We could kick up a single or two" 

         G   G          C        G 
She said go on back to Cherokee County 
           C               G             D           D 
Won't you crawl back with nothing but a razor and a comb 
 G            G             C            G 
Babe, if you need me, I'll be where you found me 
 C        G            D             G 
Go on to hell, honey, I'm headed home 
 C        G            D             Em          G 
Go on to hell, honey, I'm headed home