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Date:  May 13, 1999

Album:  River Road

Written by:  Steve Bogard\Steve Curnutte\Matt Maher



          NICKAJACK    River Road

F

It was a hot June morning on the interstate

F

She was flagging me down, I was 20 minutes late

          Bb

She was broke down, north bound, Georgia line

    F

I pulled on the shoulder and offered her a ride

 F

With just one look, it was heart and soul

Bb                                    C

We were like a river running out of control

CHORUS:

             F          

When the Tennessee River hits the nickajack dam

F

Up come the water over nickajack land

       Bb

Like a top on a bottle when it's ready to blow

F

Love is gonna take you where it wants you to go

           C

When you buckle -er down 'til she's a begging to break

          Bb                         F

Well a Tennesee River will make a nickajack lake

     F

2.) We spent a week together in the next two nights

F

it was a barn burnin' nothin' ever fit so right

  Bb

Before we both knew it we were makin' some plans

        F

Seeing rings on our fingers, on both of our hands

        C     

Daddy said I was crazy, then Mamas both cried

         Bb                                      C

But you gotta tell the world when you feel it inside

     F

3.) Now we got a cabin with a window view

F

of the water and the woods and the ol' dam too

    Bb

We got a layaway cradle her jeans are gettin' tight

     F

I guess lovin' make livin' and livin' makes life

    C  

I know how it is now the way it should be

                 Bb                 C 

Cause I look outside and what do I see











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