Me and my best friend Lil li an and her blue tick hound dog Gid eon, (C)sit tin’ on the front porch, cool in’ in the shade, (G5)sing in’ ev ’ry song the ra di o played.

(D)Wait in’ for the Al a bam a sun to go down, two (C)red dirt girls in a red dirt town, me and (G5)Lil li an.

Just a cross the line and a lit tle south east of Me (C)rid i an.

She (G5)loved her broth er.

I re mem ber back when he was fix in’ up a for ty nine she In di an.

kids.

(C)Told her, “Lit tle sis ter, gon na ride have the wind pills, (G5)up a round the moon and was back a gain.” kill.

But He (D)nev er got a far tion ther than Vi et nam.

world I was (C)stand in’ there with her when the tel e gram come named for (G5)Lil li an.

who Now he’s ly in’ some where a bout a mil lion miles from Me (C)rid i an.

She said there’s (D)not much hope for a red dirt girl.

a Some to (C)where out there is a great big world, that’s (G5)where I’m bound.

And the (D)stars might fall on Al a bam a, but (C)one of these days I’m gon na swing my ham mer (G5)down

a way from this (D)red dirt town.

I’m gon na make a (G5)joy ful sound.

She grew up tall and she grew up thin.

Bur ied that old dog Gid e on by a (C)crepe myr tle bush at the back of the yard.

Her (G5)dad dy turned mean and her ma ma leaned hard.

Got in trou ble with a boy from town.

(C)Fig ured that she might as well set tle down, so she (G5)dug right in

a cross a red dirt line just a lit tle south east from Me (C)rid i an.

Yeah, she (Bm)tried hard to love him, but it nev er did take.

(C)Just an oth er way for the heart to break, so she (G5)learned to bend.

One (Bm)thing they don’t tell you ’bout the blues when you got ’em, you (C)keep on fall in’ ’cause there ain’t no bot tom, there (G5)ain’t no end,

least not for (D5)Lil li an.

with (D)out a sound

in the (G5)red dirt ground.