Weird Load

© Stephen Savitzky and Naomi Rivkis. CC-by-nc-sa.

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	D	A
Drivin'	home to Alabama I got	turned around in Texas

	D
Saw a	fellow at the corner with his thumb out for a ride

	D	D5	A
When I	stopped for dir	ections I could	see he was a rabbit

	D	G	A	D
But he	opened up the door and he	hopped	ins	ide

D A

I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque

D

Went the wrong way at the fork in the road

D5 A

Been a long, long day and it's gotten kinda quirky

D G A D

But I'm back in 'Bama and I'm gett ing towed

	D	A
When I	stopped to drop the rabbit off	east of Amarillo

	D
I	didn't think that anything could be more absurd

	D5	A
But this coyote jumped	aboard and he	waved a stick of dynamite

	D	A	D
	Pointed down the road and said "Follow	that	bird!"

D A

I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque

D

Went the wrong way at the fork in the road

D5 A

Been a long, long day and it's gotten kinda quirky

D G A D

But I'm back in 'Bama and I'm gett ing towed

	D	A
Well, the	dynamite went up and blew us	all the way to Witchita

	D
	Coyote hit the highway saying "Thanks for the ride,"

	D	A
On the	seat he left a packet of	Acme tornado seeds

	D	G	A	D
That	grew into a twister with the	truck	ins	ide

D A

I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque

D

Went the wrong way at the fork in the road

D5 A

Been a long, long day and it's gotten kinda quirky

D G A D

But I'm back in 'Bama and I'm gett ing towed

	D	A
	The tornado set me down a couple	miles south of Mobile

	D
With a	broom through the windshield, upside-down in a ditch

	D	D5	A
And	when I rolled the	window down to	see where I had landed

	D	G	A	D
I was	starin' at the slippers of an	ang	ry	witch

D A

I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque

D

Went the wrong way at the fork in the road

D5 A

Been a long, long day and it's gotten kinda quirky

D G A D

But I'm back in 'Bama and I'm gett ing toad

D G A D

I'm back in 'Bama but I'm now a toad.

(Ribbit!)