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[Verse]
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Mary took to running with a travelling man

Left her momma crying with her head in her hands

        G                   D
Such a sad case, so broken hearted

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She say, momma, gotta go, gotta get outta here

Gotta get outta town, tired of hanging around

         G                   D
I gotta roll on between the ditches

         D
Just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go

'Round and around, nobody knows

         G                 D
But the highway goes on forever

          G                D
That ol' highway rolls on forever

[Verse]
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Lord, she never would've done it if she hadn't got drunk

If she hadn't started running with a travelling man

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If she hadn't started taking those crazy chances

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She say, daughter, let me tell you 'bout the travelling kind

Everywhere he's goin' such a very short time

         G                    D
He'll be long gone before you know it

         G                    D
He'll be long gone before you know it

[Chorus]
         Bm                             A
She say, never have I known it when it felt so good

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Never have I knew it when I knew I could

Bm                           A
Never have I done it when it looked so right

G
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight

[Instrumental]
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[Verse]
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This is down in the swampland, anything goes

It's alligator bait and the bars don't close

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It's the real thing down in Louisiana

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Did you ever see a Cajun when he really got mad

When he really got trouble like a daughter going bad

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It gets real hot down in Louisiana

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The stranger better move it or he's gonna get killed

He's gonna have to get it or a shotgun will

         G                    D
It ain't no time for lengthy speeches

            G                    D
There ain't no time for lengthy speeches

[Chorus]
         Bm                            A
She say, never have I known it when it felt so good

G                            D
Never have I knew it when I knew I could

Bm                           A
Never have I done it when it looked so right

G
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight

[Chorus]
          Bm                            A
She say, never have I known it when it felt so good

G                                   D
Never have I knew it when I knew I could

Bm                            A
Never have I done it when it looked so right

G
Leaving Louisiana in the broad daylight

[Ending]
         D
Just an ordinary story 'bout the way things go

'Round and around nobody knows

         G               D
But the highway goes on forever

         G                 D
That old highway rolls on forever