The Bird Hunters Chords & Lyrics - Turnpike Troubadours

[G] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [D] [D]
[G] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [D] [Em]
[Em] [G] [G]

[VERSE 1]
Well the [Em]covey took [G]wing
[D]Shotguns a-[G]singing
A [C]pointing dog [G]down in the [D]old logging road
[Em]And Danny got [G]three and [D]looked back a-[G]grinning
I [C]fumbled a[G]round and I [D]tried to reload
The [C]country was [G]cold with the [D]sun westward [G]sinking
It's [C]good to be [G]back in this [D]place
With my [C]hands [G]around a [D]Belgian made [G]Browning
My [C]mind on the [G]lines of her [D]face

[VERSE 2]
Well now [Em]Danny's my [G]buddy
We [D]grew up like [G]family
[C]Hunted this [G]timber bef[D]ore we could drive
And the [Em]old English [G]Pointer, he [D]once belonged [G]to me
But [C]I give him [G]up when i [D]moved in '05
[C]Off with a [G]girl
[D]Off to the [G]city
[C]Off on a w[G]ing and a [D]chance
Hell, I [C]thought it'd play [G]out [D]just like some [G]story
W[C]e fell in [G]love at a [D]rodeo dance

[CHORUS]
She said [G]go on back to [C]Cherokee [G]County
Won't you [C]crawl back with [G]nothing but a [D]razor and a comb
[G]Babe, If you need me I'll [C]be where you [G]found me
[C]Go on to [G]hell, honey, [D]I'm headed home

[Em] [Em] [G]

[VERSE 3]
Dan says, "[Em]Look at ol' [G]Jim
A [D]dozen Dec[G]embers [C]behind him no [G]worse for the [D]wear
And your [Em]time spent in [G]Tulsa did [D]not help your [G]shooting
And [C]look at the [G]gray in your [D]hair
How [C]good does it [G]feel?
You [D]belong in these [G]hills
It's [C]best that you [G]let it all [D]end
If you'd [C]married that [G]girl, you'd have [D]married her [D]family
[C]You dodged a [C]bullet my [D]friend"

[CHORUS]

[VERSE 4]
Ah, and [Em]I was beginning to [D]deal with it ending
The [C]old dog had [G]pointed while [G]part of me [D]died
And a [Em]flutter of feathers
Then a [G]shotgun to shoulder
I [C]thought of the [G]Fourth of [D]July
She'll be [C]home on the [G]Fourth of [D]July
I bet we'll [C]dance on the [G]Fourth of [D]July

[G] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [D] [D]
[G] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [D] [Em]
[Em] [G]

[PRE-CHORUS]
Dan says, "[C]Hell of a [G]shot, looks [D]like you still [G]got it
[C]That's what we [G]came here to [D]do
Well, it's [C]light enough [G]still, at the [D]foot of the [G]hill
We could [C]kick up a [G]single or [D]two"

[CHORUS]
She said [G]go on back to [C]Cherokee [G]County
Won't you [C]crawl back with [G]nothing but a [D]razor and a comb
[G]Babe, If you need me I'll [C]be where you [G]found me
[C]Go on to [G]hell, honey, [D]I'm headed home[G]
[C]Go on to [G]hell, honey, [D]I'm headed home

[Em] [Em] [G]