Goodbye Earl (Dixie Chicks) Written by Dennis Linde

Note: To play the song in the original key using these chords, tune down 1 step to DGCFAD.
To play the "Nah, nah, nah" BGVs, play either | D D D2 D | as indicated in the chart,
or drop it down an octave and play | D D D/E D/F# | on the D string.

[Intro]
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[Verse]
             
Mary Anne and 

              
Wanda were the

 
 best of frien

ds
             
All through th

              
eir high schoo

  
l days
             
- Both members

        
 of the 4H Clu

b
             
Both active in

        
 the F.F.A.
             
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]
             
Well, it wasn'

              
t two weeks af

    
ter she got ma

rried
             
That Wanda sta

              
rted gettin' a


bused
             
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  ---

[Pre-Chorus]
            
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

 plan
             
And it didn't 

              
take 'em long 

     
to decide
              
That Earl had 

  |      |
to die

[Chorus]
          
-- - Goodbye E

              
arl, those bla

       |       |
ck-eyed peas
             
- They tasted 

            
all right to m

   
e, Earl
              
You feelin' we

    |     |
ak?
             
- Why don't yo

             
u lay down and

       
 sleep, Earl
        |    
Ain't it dark

   |
            
- Wrapped up i

            
n that tarp, E

arl?

[Bridge]
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[Verse]
             
The cops came 

      
by to bring Ea

rl in
             
They searched 

              
the house high

     
 and low
          
Then they tipp

ed their hats 

and said
             
"Thank you lad

             
ies. If you he

             
ar from him le

     
t us know"
             
Well, the week

              
s went by and 


spring turned 

to summer
             
And summer fad

            
ed into the fa

ll
             
And it turns o

            
ut he was a mi

ssing person
            
Who nobody mis

          |
sed at all  --

-

[Pre-Chorus 2]
            
So the girls b

              
ought some lan

        
d and a roadsi

de stand
             
Out on Highway

        
 One-Oh-Nine
            
They sell Tenn

              
essee ham and 


strawberry jam
             
And they don't

              
 lose any slee

     
p at night
              
'Cause Earl ha

    |      |
d to die

[Chorus 2]
          
-- - Goodbye E

              
arl, we need a

|        |
 break
            
- Let's go out

             
 to the lake, 


Earl
            |
We'll pack a l

        |
unch
            
- And stuff yo

             
u in the trunk

  
, Earl
              
Well, is that 

   |         |
all right?
            
Good, let's go

            
 for a ride, E

arl - Hey!

[Outro]
|     |   |  |

             
-- Well, hey, 

    |      |   |  |
hey, hey
             
-- Ah, hey, he

  |      |   |  |
y, hey
             
-- Well, hey, 

    |      |   |  |
hey, hey

|  |   |   |   |    |


Charted by Dexex
Built on the solid foundation of the earlier chart by AtamisPirateKng.

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Chart #227
06/12/2020