Key: E minor
Verse 1
The ground'll open up and in I'll fall
Down down down
Verse 2
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Em
Mama set me up with a fine young thing
But he grabbed the hook
and took out for deep water
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And pretty soon that fish, he pulled me in
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
Somewhere in the shadows
there's a place for me
Interlude 2
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Verse 4
Am
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there's hard times ahead
Am
Em
The devil's got his hammer
he's poundin' on my bed
Am
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Lost most my money
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I'm on my last hand
I'm knockin' at hell's door
with no weapon and no plan
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But if I've been just bluffing
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I ain't gonna tell
Verse 5
E
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It's gonna swallow me whole
Esus4
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The ground'll open up and
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in I'll fall
Verse 6
Em
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And I was gonna have him for my toy
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But he stole my heart and took
E
Em
And pretty soon that shark,
Interlude 4
he pulled me in
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Esus4
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Verse 7
wind's spitting sand
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Sun burning oh so hot it
The fish have all stopped jumping
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the bedbugs are asleep
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Em
I'll lay myself beside you
and pray my soul to keep
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I wish I had a needle
Am
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as fine as I could sew
I'd stitch my baby to my side and
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down the road we'd go
Verse 8
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My shovel struck sorrow
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And the tears came running down
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My shovel struck sorrow
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And the tears came running down
My shovel struck sorrow
And the tears came running down
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My shovel struck sorrow
And the tears came running down
Verse 9
Papa catch them with a hook
Brother clean it like a man
Outro 1
Mama fry it in the pan
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