Tablature chattanoga city limit sign - Johnny Cash

          



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  From: Gene L. Graham <ah827@rgfn.epcc.Edu>

  Date: Friday, February 20, 1998 12:45 PM

  Subject: CHATTANOGA CITY LIMIT SIGN

  

  

  CHATTANOGA CITY LIMIT SIGN

  Recorded by Johnny Cash

  Writer: Bob Drawdy

  

  (Spoken)

  [G] I was thumbin' a ride one Saturday mornin'

  Out of [C] Nashville totin' my sack

  I lent my [D7] car to a gal that lived in Chattanooga

  And she hadn't ever brought it back. [G]

  

  She was drinkin' pretty heavy, when I let her have it

  Hope she knows it was only a loan

  Ain't no tellin' what I might have told her back at the time,

  But that old car was also my home.

  

  About five miles out I was gettin' kinda tired

  Sweatin' hard and feelin' kinda weak

  I woke up with no cigarettes or nothin' to drink

  And I hadn't had a bite to eat.

  

  My nerves was so quick I couldn't tell where I was shakin'

  Then a set of brakes sang my song

  Some fellow stuck his head out a '51 Chevy

  And hollered "Hey man, come on."

  

  I tole 'em I was headin' down to Chattanooga

  They said hop in, we're goin' there too

  And the way they took off in a cloud of smoke

  I still ain't believin' it was true.

  

  They had their windows down, and I was sittin' in the back

  With my tongue still hung in my throat

  He was hittin' just about a hundred and ten 

  And he said, "Man, what you think of this boat?"

  

  Well, there was two semi's a-strugglin' up ahead

  One tryin' to pass the other

  They had the whole road blocked so he passed 'em on  the right

  And let me tell you somethin' brother.

  

  I was so nervous my that teeth was clickin' 

  There wasn't no way my head could think

  Then the one that was sittin' on the passenger side 

  Turned and said, "Hey man, you want somethin' to  drink?"

  

  I just shook my head 'cause I couldn't talk

  He said OK and then he said cheers

  Them fools was drinkin' whiskey and wine

  And chasin' it down with beer.

  

  Well, I started sweatin' that old sticky sweat

  And I know I was white as a sheet

  Then one turned the radio on wide open

  And said, "Hey man, check that beat."

  

  By the time we reached the top of Monteagle

  I thought I heard a rumblin' sound

  And then I saw a sign that said 'FALLIN' ROCK'

  And right there I was floorboard bound.

  

  I was rollin' and squirmin' on the old floorboard

  Too weak to sit or stand

  And then the driver said "We're doin' a hundred and twenty

  Look here man, no hands!"

  

  I got up enough nerve to raise up and look

  By now there couldn't be no surprise,

  But his hair was blowin' all over my face

  And dandruff blowed in both eyes.

  

  He never did drive on the right or left

  He just kept on ridin' that line

  I rubbed my eyes and saw the prettiest thing

  The Chattanooga City Limit Sign.

  

  He slowed down and I said, "Mister please!

  I'd like to get off right here"

  He said, "Aw, ride on into town with us

  We'e gonna go down n' pick up some more beer."

  

  I said please once more and he stopped the car

  And then he handed me my sack

  Said they'd look for me on the road later on

  (In) Case I wanted to catch a ride back.

  

  I got out and sat down by the side of the road

  Feelin' sick and lookin' mighty pale

  I don't remember anything much after that

  But next mornin', I woke up in jail.

  

  I didn't know anybody in my cell,

  And didn't wanta ask why I was there

  But they all kept grinnin' and turnin' their heads

  And it was more than my head could bear.

  

  [G] So I called the jailer and asked him to tell me

  Why I was [C] there, if he'd be so kind

  He said, [S] [D] [P]

  "For stoppin' traffic, while I was huggin' and kissin'

  The Chattanooga City Limit Sign." [G]

  

  SOURCE: JOHNNY CASH-THE BARON/1981 CBS FC-37179 


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