Dixie Chicks - Goodbye Earl

This is probably the most famous Dixie Chicks song. This is the one where they murder
an abusive husband. Where was CSI on this one?

[Intro]
        
        

[Verse 1]
             
Mary, Anne and

              
 Wanda were th

  
e best of frie

nds
             
All through th

              
eir high schoo

  
l days
            
  Both members

        
 of the 4H Clu

b
             
Both active in

      
 the FFA
             
After graduati

        
on Mary Anne w

ent out
             
lookin' for a 

           
bright new wor

ld
            
  Wanda looked

     
 all around th

is town
            
And all she fo

        
und was Earl

[Verse 2]

Well, it wasn'

t two weeks
      
After she got 

married that
             
Wanda started 

        
gettin' abused
             
She put on dar

              
k glasses and 


long sleeved b

louses
             
And make up to

        
 cover a bruis

e
             
Well, she fina

              
lly got the ne

       
rve to file fo

r divorce
             
She let the la

              
w take it from

 
 there
             
But Earl walke

              
d right throug

         
h that restrai

ning order
             
And put her in

            
 intensive car

e

[Bridge]
            
Right away Mar

             
y Anne flew in

 from Atlanta
             
On a red eye m

        
idnight flight
         
She held Wanda

's hand as the

y

Worked out a p

lan
             
And it didn't 

              
take 'em long 

    
to decide

[Chorus]
              
That Earl had 

        
to die
       
Goodbye Earl
              
Those black-ey

          
ed peas
              
They tasted al

             
l right to me 

 
Earl
              
You're feelin'

          
 weak
              
Why don't you 


lay down
    
And sleep Earl
            
Ain't it dark

   
              
Wrapped up in 

                    
that tarp Earl

[Verse 3]
             
The cops came 

      
by to bring Ea

rl in

They searched 

the house
         
High and low
          
Then they tipp

ed their hats
             
And said "than

              
k you ladies, 

             
if you hear fr

             
om him let us 


know"

Well, the week

s went by and

Spring turned 

to Summer
             
And Summer fad

        
ed into Fall
             
And it turns o

            
ut he was a mi

ssing person
            
Who nobody mis

        
sed at all

[Bridge]
       
So the girls b

ought some lan

d
      
And a roadside

 stand
             
Out on Highway

 
 109
          
They sell Tenn

essee ham
    
And strawberry

 jam
         
And they don't
              
Lose any sleep

    
 at night 'cau

se

[Chorus]
             
Earl had to di

    
e
       
Goodbye Earl
          
We need a brea

k
            
Let's go out t

            
o the lake Ear

l
             
We'll pack a l

    
unch
              
And stuff you 

            
in the trunk E

arl
              
Well, is that 

            
all right
              
Good, let's go

              
 for a ride
           
Earl Hey