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[Verse]
About three miles from border town, the 
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California-Nevada line
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The morning sun does rise and fall, and the midnight 
wind it does whistle and wind
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Like a dust cloud from the flatland with the force of 
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the mountain behind
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Stood in front of me, a vision to see, with her thumb 
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aimed to the sky
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Yes she jumped inside and spoke her name, Cecelia Dee 
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from Abilene
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I caught her eye, as I was hypnotized, like a fire fed 
with kerosene
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Just one look, that was all it took, I was trying to 
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put up a good fight but I was hooked
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“Down the road a way” she said to me, “and then we'll 
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see how far we go”

[Chorus]
G                            C                    
Steep grade, sharp curves, a treacherous stretch of 
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highway
G                           D                    G
Put me in a tailspin that I just might never get out of
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Steep grade, sharp curves, said she was going my way
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Wishin' now till my dying day that I had never believed
 her

[Verse]
G                                         C          
There began the night of my life with the cheap 
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cocaine and neon lights
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My vision, my lungs, and reality blurred, no heaven or 
hell, no wrong or right
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Stuck my face to her hands and kissed me like none 
     G
ever before
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Said do what you want, do what you will, but don't you 
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dare leave me tonight

[Chorus]
G                            C                    
Steep grade, sharp curves, a treacherous stretch of 
  G
highway
G                           D                    G
Put me in a tailspin that I just might never get out of
G                          C                  G
Steep grade, sharp curves, said she was going my way
C                   G              F             G
Wishin' now till my dying day that I had never believed
 her

[Verse]
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Now it's three days later the time doesn't matter, 
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just tell me where's my watch and my cash
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Forgive me please for how I might have behaved, for I 
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can't seem to remember what happened last
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She was like a dream, one heaven scheme, Cecelia Dee 
          G
from Abilene
C                             G                      
Last thing I remember she was smilin' like the devil 
    F
and laughing like all hell
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As she rode out of sight

[Chorus]
G                            C                    
Steep grade, sharp curves, a treacherous stretch of 
  G
highway
G                           D                    G
Put me in a tailspin that I just might never get out of
G                          C                  G
Steep grade, sharp curves, said she was going my way
C                   G              F             G
Wishin' now till my dying day that I had never believed
 her

[Outro]
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woo ooooh ooooh
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Wishin' now till my dying day that I had never believed
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 her