Wreck On The Highway - The Louvin Brothers
Tuning: A, E A D G B E
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
Oh, who did yo
u say it was b
rother
Who was it fel
l by the way?
When whiskey a
nd blood ran t
ogether
Did you hear a
nyone pray?
[Chorus]
I didn't hear
nobody pray, d
ear brother
I didn't hear
nobody pray
I heard the cr
ash on the hig
hway
But I didn't h
ear nobody pra
y
[Break, same as verse]
[Verse 2]
When I heard t
he crash on th
e highway I kn
ew what it was
from the star
t
I went to the
scene of destr
uction, and a
picture was st
amped on my he
art
The whiskey an
d blood ran to
gteher
Mixed with the
glass where t
hey lay
Death laid her
hand in destr
uction
But I didn't h
ear nobody pra
y
[Chorus]
I didn't hear
nobody pray, d
ear brother
I didn't hear
nobody pray
I heard the cr
ash on the hig
hway
But I didn't h
ear nobody pra
y
[Break, same as verse]
[Verse 3]
I wish I could
change this s
ad story that
I am now telli
ng you
But there is n
o way I can ch
ange it, for s
omebody's life
is now throug
h
Their soul has
been called b
y the master
They died in a
crash on the
way
I heard the th
roes of the dy
ing
But I didn't h
ear nobody pra
y
[Chorus]
I didn't hear
nobody pray, d
ear brother
I didn't hear
nobody pray
I heard the cr
ash on the hig
hway
But I didn't h
ear nobody pra
y