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INTRO: C C C/G C C/B Dm Would you believe this blacktop highway used to be a one-lane gravel road F F/C G G/B C Back when Johnny Cash was just somebody Daddy went to school with years ago C/G C C/B Dm When the cottonwoods reached to the sky & honeysuckle vines reached all around F F/C G G/B C My eyes well up with memories every time I think about this little town, 'cause F C I know there's bigger cities, full of all the sights and sounds Dm C Where people live in fear and lock their doors long before the sun goes down F Am F The drive-in picture show's been closed for years, no superstores or mini-malls Dm C F G C Ah but everyday I thank the Lord He made Dyess Arkansas I used to laugh at all the stories Daddy'd tell me about all the mischief he'd get in Dream of penny candy nickels soda pops, Lord what a dollar'd buy back then When livin' life was picture perfect like a Norman Rockwell painting of the South Lord I'd give almost anything to hear my daddy tell his stories now, he'd say CHORUS SOLO: C Dm F G C CHORUS: F C Yes I know there's bigger cities, but there ain't no better town Dm C Folks here don't live in fear and lock their doors long before the sun goes down F Am F The population sign ain't changed in years I guessed it's destined to be small Dm C F G C Ah but everyday I thank the Lord He made Dyess Arkansas Dm C F G C Yeah everyday I thank the Lord He made Dyess Arkansas OUTRO: C
F C I know there's bigger cities, full of all the sights and sounds Dm C Where people live in fear and lock their doors long before the sun goes down F Am F The drive-in picture show's been closed for years, no superstores or mini-malls Dm C F G C Ah but everyday I thank the Lord He made Dyess Arkansas
Written by Buddy Jewell
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