I Chose This Road 
By Walt Wilkins
Written By Walt Wilkins & Liz Rose
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
10/6/2008


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 print CD from 1993!


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I chose this road 
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Straight from the Texas Hill Country, a natural born highway junkie 
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Never much money but I always kept some faith 
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And sometimes without knowing where I was going 
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I just kept rollin anyways on to better days 


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I chose this road 
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I've been blinded, divided, reunited
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Held together with prayer and nickle-coated wire guitar strings 
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I scraped my ass of every rough patch but I kept dreaming bout green grass 
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And the day I'd grow some wings, get me some beautiful wings 


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I chose this road 
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I met pilgrims and seekers, lion-hearted preachers and tea-leaf readers 
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Yeah, I like folks who hear a call 
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Wise outsiders, barrel riders, pilots of jet plane fighters, 
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Watched some of ‘em fall, but I tell you, I’ve loved them all 


Bridge:
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I chose this road, and I'd do it again, I'd grab the wind, take another spin 


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I chose this road 
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Yeah, Tennessee nearly got the best of me 
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And when I leave, I'll go thankfully, with the tip of my hat 
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And when I am tempted to regret ever leaving Texas I just remember 
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She's always been right here in me, and that's a fact, you can bet your ranch on that 


Bridge 

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I chose this road 
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And i've been as lucky as lucky gets, a tune in every step 
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And for every regret, there's been a bucket of joy 
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And if God sheds some more grace, and the creek stays in its place 
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I might stay in the race long enough to meet my little boy's little boy 

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I chose this road 
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Yea I chose this road and i'd do it again 
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I chose this road I like the way it feels 
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I chose this road