Written by Lori McKenna
Intro: C verse 1 No strangers in this town No one moves without making a sound F G You live and die within the borders and lines C No one dies without paying their fines verse 2 No lovers in this town The moon's full but it sure ain't round F G And just because you lie in his bed C Don't mean you meant the things you saidverse 3 My cousin died in his sleep Forty pills, two kids to keep F G And how will she explain to those kids C About the sorry thing daddy didF They marry young in these parts C They work the factories F So I ran as fast as I could Through the tall grass and the midnight woods Dm G C So nobody would sing some bible song over meBridge F They buried him out in the cold C He was only twenty-four years old F How his mother came undone G C When the choir sang hallelujahF They marry young in these parts C They raise their kids and set them free F So I ran as fast as I could Through the tall grass and the midnight woods Dm G C So nobody would sing some bible song over meOutro F C Hallelujah, hallelujah, ahhh F C Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah F G C Hallelujah, hallelujah HallelujahF I ran as fast as I could C Through the tall grass and the midnight woods F I ran as fast as I could C Through the tall grass and the midnight woods
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