Wreck On The Highway

Ricky Skaggs

Written by Dorsey Dixon [3/4 time]

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G
Who did you say it was brother
                       D7
Who was it fell by the way
                           G
When whiskey and blood run together
             D7     G
Did you hear anyone pray

Verse 2

I didn't hear nobody pray dear brother
  C                  G
I didn't hear nobody pray

Verse 3

I heard the crash on the highway
                  D7     G
But I didn't hear nobody pray

Verse 4

When I heard the crash on the highway
                            D7
I knew what it was from the start
                       G
I went to the scene of destruction
                  D7            G
And a picture was stamped on my heart

Verse 5

There was whiskey and blood all together
                            D7
Mixed with glass where they lay
                         G
Death played her hand in destruction
                  D7     G
But I didn't hear nobody pray

Verse 6

I wish I could change this sad story
                         D7
That I am now telling to you
                          G
But there is no way I can change it
                       D7  G
For somebody's life is now through

Verse 7

Their soul has been called by the Master
                            D7
They died in a crash on the way
                          G
And I heard the groans of the dying
                  D7     G
But I didn't hear nobody pray

Verse 2

I didn't hear nobody pray dear brother
  C                  G
I didn't hear nobody pray