HIGHWAY PATROLMAN - Johnny Cash Capo on 2nd Intro: G 4x G G My name is Joe Roberts C G I work for the state G G I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville G D7 D7 Barracks number eight G G I always done an honest job C G Honest as I could G D7 Got a brother named Frankie D7 G G Frankie ain't no good G G Ever since we were young kids C G It’s been the same come down G G I get a call on the shortwave G D7 D7 Frankie's in trouble down - town G G Well if it was any other man C G I'd put him straight a - way G D7 But sometimes when it's your brother D7 G G You look the other way Chorus: C G Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' C G Nothin' feels better than blood on blood C G Takin' turns dancin' with Ma - ria G G While the band played "the Night of the D7 D7 Johnstown Flood" G G I catch him when he's strayin' C G Like any brother should G D7 Man turns his back on his family D7 G G He ain't no good G G Well Frankie went in the army C G Back in nineteensixty - five G G I got a farm de - ferment, G D7 D7 Settled down, took Maria for my wife G G But them wheat prices kept on droppin' C G Till it was like we were gettin' robbed G D7 Frankie came home in sixtyeight D7 G Me, I took this job Chorus: C G Yeah me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin' C G Nothin' feels better than blood on blood C G Takin' turns dancin' with Ma - ria G While the band played "the Night of the D7 D7 Johnstown Flood" G G I catch him when he's strayin' C G Teach him how to walk that line G D7 Man turns his