CAPO: 3rd Fret INTRO: Em Am Em D Em Am Em D C Em Mama stood on the front porch ringing her hands C Em Watched the tail lights fading on his black Trans Am C Em With her precious little baby taking off inside C Em Staring at him with stars in her eyes C Em She tried to tell her, but the girl might as well have been deaf C Em She wasn't gonna listen to a word she said CHORUS: G Am Em Don't go down Maggie Creek Road C D Em With a boy looking like that G Am Em He'll tell ya things that you wanna hear C D Em And there'll be no turning back G Am Em There's an oak tree down by the lake C D Em In the shade where the wild flowers grow G Am What'll happen only heaven knows C B7 Em So don't go down Maggie Creek Road INSTRUMENTAL: Am Em D Em Am Em D C Em Was a still black night as dark as coal C Em Nobody heard her when she said 'No' C Em She kicked and screamed and got free somehow C Em Tore her dress on the door when he pushed her out C Em She walked thirteen miles on the gravel road C Em With tears in her eyes, twenty years ago CHORUS: G Am Em Don't go down Maggie Creek Road C D Em With a boy looking like that G Am Em He'll tell ya things that you wanna hear C D Em And there'll be no turning back G Am Em There's an oak tree down by the lake C D Em In the shade where the wild flowers grow G Am What'll happen only heaven knows C B7 Em So don't go down Maggie Creek Road INSTRUMENTAL: D C D C B EAEDEAED C Em Somehow mama's always know C Em 'Cause they should have been home an hour ago C Em When she pulled up, it was just going down C Em She turned her headlights off, didn't make a sound C Em She heard her baby crying 'No', but he wouldn't stop C Em Her heart went cold and her blood ran hot C Em With a pistol in her hand, she opened his door C Em You don't wanna see mama go to war CHORUS: G Am Em Don't go down Maggie Creek Road C D Em With a boy looking like that G Am Em He'll tell ya things that you wanna hear C D Em And there'll be no turning back G Am Em There's an oak tree down by the lake C D Em In the shade where the wild flowers grow G Am What'll happen only heaven knows C B7 C B7 So don't go down, I say, don't go down TAG: Em Em Maggie Creek Road D Em Cm Oh, don't go down D Em Em Maggie Creek Road G G/FEm Cm Oh, don't go down D Em B7 Maggie Creek Road Maggie Creek Road OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##) EAED