Highway 46

A A D A Well I wonder where Spade Cooley is tonight D A Is he wandering 'cross Death Valley deep in flight D Or is he somewhere down in Purgatory A D For the murder of his wife A D A Oh I wonder where Spade Cooley is tonight A D A Where were you on the day Merle Haggard died D A Did you pull off of the road, break down and cry D A D I drove down highway 46, I sang a verse of “Mama Tried” A D A Where were you on the day Merle Haggard died D C#m Out on Highway 46, that old California road D Bm E Heading for the San Joaquim, where the onion fields do grow D Towards Bakersfield and the honky-tonks C#m D With the jukebox flashing lights, A D A Oh I wish I was in Bakersfield tonight A D A D A D A D A D A A D A Oh I wonder where Wynn Stewart is tonight D A He sang "That's a lot of heartaches for a dime" D He wrote "Sing me a sad song" for Merle A D It's on the jukebox, A-twenty-nine A D A Oh I wonder where Wynn Stewart is tonight D C#m Out on Highway 46, listening to an old Buck Owens song D Bm E Near a shrine there on the roadside where James Dean went out alone D C#m D Ralph Mooney on the pedal steel, Don Rich sings that harmony (I tell you) A D A Oh, I wonder where Buck Owens is tonight D Yeah, those Strato steels and Telecasters C#m D With the treble turned up so bright A D A Oh I wish I was in Bakersfield tonight D A Yeah I wish I was in Bakersfield tonight