None of them
ON THE RED RIVER
As recorded by Turnpike Troubadours
(From the 2025 Album THE PRICE OF ADMISSION)
Intro
D
Verse 1
D Bm
There's a mid-July white-tail in velvet
D Em G
Red as your old Chevrolet
D A G D
And I was sixteen when you wrecked it and we
Em Bm A
Were lucky we both walked away
D Bm
And you could do work and scrape out a living
D Em G
The work for which you had been born
D A G D
You were quick with a laugh and forgiven
Em Bm A
And tied hard and fast to the horn
D Bm
We had Kelpies and good Quarter Horses
D Em G
We had wheat pasture yearlings tied down
D A G D
We learned pain was the price of admission
Em Bm A
And you're never done paying it down
Chorus
Bm A G D
Back on the red river, not hard to remember
Bm A G
When your daddy wouldn't ever get old
D A D G
When I saw the world from up on your shoulders
Bm A G D
I remember the view, when you live like we do
Bm A Em Bm A
Death doesn't leave with the best part of you
Verse 2
D Bm
On days off, we'd help out our neighbors
D Em G
And we smiled and we sweated for free
D A G D
You'd earned every dream with your labor
Em Bm A
And I'd sleep on your front seat 'til 3
D Bm
And you'd call it a cure for a snake bite
D Em G
I reached for a fifth of Old Crow
D A G D
Some medicine should get your head right
Em Bm A
When your symptoms were starting to show
Chorus
Bm A G D
Back on the red river, not hard to remember
Bm A G
When your daddy wouldn't ever get old
D A D G
When I saw the world from up on your shoulders
Bm A G D
I remember the view, when you live like we do
Bm A Em Bm A
Death doesn't leave with the best part of you
Interlude
Bm A G D Bm A G D A D
G Bm A
Verse 3
D Bm
And there are pickups lined up down the driveway
D Em G
Have I really been gone for two years?
D A G D
I'd be on my third on a good day
Em Bm A
I'd find my last bottle of beer
D Bm
I guess Saturday started without you
D Em G
I knew before I got the call
D A G D
The red July bucks were in velvet
Em Bm A
I'll tell you about 'em this fall
Chorus
Bm A G D
Back on the red river, not hard to remember
Bm A G
When your daddy wouldn't ever get old
D A D G
When I saw the world from up on your shoulders
Bm A G D
I remember the view, when you live like we do
Bm A Em Bm
Death doesn't leave with the best part of you
Outro
A D G D G
Got a look at the world from up on your shoulders
A G D
I remember the view, when you live like we do
Bm A Em Bm
Death doesn't leave with the best part of you
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