C G G7 C
[Verse 1]
C G7
Carroll County's pointed out as kind of square
C
The biggest thing that happens is the county fair
G7
I guess that's why it seemed like such a big event
C
What we call the Carroll County accident
[Verse 2]
C G7
The wreck was on the highway just inside the line
C
Walter Browning lost his life and for a time
G7
It seemed that Mary Ellen Jones would surely die
C
But she lived long enough for her to testify
[Verse 3]
C G7
Walter Browning was a happy married man
C
And he wore a golden wedding ring upon his hand
G7
But it was gone, nobody kneW just where it went
C A7
He lost it in the Carroll County accident
[Verse 4]
D A7
Mary Ellen testified he flagged her down
D
Said he was sick and could she drive him into town
A7
No one even doubted what she said was true
D
'Cause she was well respected in the county too
[Verse 5]
D A7
I went down to see the wreck like all the rest
D
The bloody seats, the broken glass, the tangled mess
A7
But I found something no one else had even seen
D B E
Behind the dash in Mary's crumpled up machine
[Verse 6]
E B7
A little match box circled by a rubber band
E
And inside the ring from Walter Browning's hand
E7 B7
It took awhile to figure out just what it meant
E
The truth about the Carroll County accident
[Verse 7]
E E7 B7
By dark of night I dropped the ring into a well
E
And took a sacred oath that I would never tell
E7 B7
The truth about the Carroll County accident
E
Cause the County ordered dad a marble monument
[Outro]
B7 E
I lost him in the Carroll County accident
