Am Em    G   F Am      G  F
Am     C G F   Am  G   Am


[Verse 1]
             Am                Em          G           F
They got the farmhouse burning, watched it burn to the ground
     Am          Em            G              F
Smoke filled the horizon just, two miles from town
Am                   Em               G     F
There was no need to worry, there was no one who'd care
Am              G                    Am        Am
It was a dog den where good men were rare.


[Verse 2]
         Am            Em                  G           F
With the wheels on the highway through the cold autumn rain
Am                 Em      G            F
Out came the pistols and a book full of names
Am                Em         G       F
Thumbing each one who'd sing out the words
       Am              G                Am
Facing hard time is an old junkie curse.


[Chorus]
   F       G         Am
On down between the country,
      F       G           Am
Where deer lay, along the road,
   F       G          Am
On down between the country,
        F              G                   Am    Am
Where a long life is a blessed one, I'm told


[Verse 3]
                         Em        G              F
When they caught up with Henry, he was out in his yard
Am             Em                   G          F
Splitting that beechwood before the winter hit hard
Am                   Em                G          F
Laid a bullet in his back, watched him drop like a rock
            Am               G            Am      Am
And come to rest 'cross that old chopping block.


[Verse 4]
Am                 Em              G           F
Anne Carol ran the uppers from the laundry downtown
Am            Em                   G       F
Played online poker when there was no one around
    Am                             G            F
And except for a few strays in the dead parking lot
      Am             G           Am
Not a soul heard the thud or the shot.


[Chorus]
   F       G         Am
On down between the country,
      F       G           Am
Where deer lay, along the road,
   F       G          Am
On down between the country,
        F              G                   Am    Am
Where a long life is a blessed one, I'm told