The Carroll County Accident — Porter Wagoner
Chords and lyrics for The Carroll County Accident by Porter Wagoner (key of C).
Verse 1
The Carroll County Accident - Porter Wagoner
Intro
[C] [G7] [C]
#1
[C]Carroll County's pointed out as [G7]kinda of square
The biggest thing that happens, is the[C] county fair,
I guess that's why it seemed like such a [G7]big event,
What we all call the Carroll County [C]accident.
#2
[C]The wreck was on the highway just [G7]inside the line,
Walter Browning lost his life, and [C]for a time
It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones would [G7]surely die,
But she lived long enough for her to [C]testify.
#3
[C]Walter Browning was a happy [G7]married man,
And he wore a golden wedding ring [C]upon his hand,
But it was gone, nobody knew just [G7]where it went,
He lost it, in the Carroll County [C][F]Accident.[D][A]
#4
[D]Mary Ellen testified that he [A]flagged her down,
Said he was sick, and could she drive him [D]into town,
No one ever doubted what she [A]said was true,
'Cause she was well respected in the [D]county too.
#5
[D]I went down to see the wreck like [A]all the rest,
The bloody seats, the broken glass, the [D]tangled mess,
But I found something no one else had [A]even seen,
Behind the dash in Mary's crumpled [D]up [G]machine.[E][B7]
#6
[E]A little match box circled by a [B7]rubber band,
And inside the ring from Walter [E]Browning's hand,
It took awhile to figure out just [B7]what it meant,
The truth about the Carroll County [E]accident.
#7
[E]By dark of night I dropped the ring [B7]into a well,
And took a sacred oath that I would [E]never tell,
The truth about the Carroll County [B7]accident,
Cause the County ordered Dad a marble [E]monument,
I [B7]lost him in the Carroll County [E]accident.[E][A]
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