Townes Van Zandt - Wreck On The Highway Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Aw, who did you say it was brother?
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Who was it fell by the way?
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When whiskey and blood ran together
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Did you hear anyone pray?
 
 
[Chorus]
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I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother
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I didn't hear nobody pray
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I heard the crash on the highway
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But I didn't hear nobody pray
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
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When I heard the crash on the highway
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I knew what it was from the start
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I went to the scene of destruction
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And the picture was stamped on my heart
 
 
[Verse 3]
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The whiskey and blood ran together
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Mixed with the glass where they lay
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Death lay her hand in destruction
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But I didn't hear nobody pray
 
 
[Chorus]
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I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother
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I didn't hear nobody pray
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I heard the crash on the highway
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But I didn't hear nobody   pray
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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I wish I could change this sad story
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That I am now telling you
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But there is no way I can change it
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For somebody's life is now through
 
 
[Verse 5]
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Their soul has been called by the Master
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They died in a crash on the way
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I heard the groans of the dying
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But I didn't hear nobody pray
 
 
[Chorus]
  D
I didn't hear nobody pray, dear brother
  G                  D
I didn't hear nobody pray
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I heard the crash on the highway
      D           A      D
But I didn't hear nobody pray