Deep Country Blues chords by James Talley

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Manola  (C sharp major) County,  (D major)  (C sharp major) country  (A major)  (D major) girls, Mis (B major) sissippi,
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 (E minor)  (A major) midnight  (D major) pearl,  (E minor) hands of amber,  (A major) soul of  (D major) gold
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There's  (E minor) a story to  (A major) be  (D major) told
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I knew her  (F sharp minor) well, slow and  (D major) sweet
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In a cotton dress  (E minor) 
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 (A major) Naked feet  (D major) 
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And when she  (F sharp minor) smiled
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It was yours to  (D major) keep
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Deep country blues  (E minor) 
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 (A major) She brought to  (D major) me
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Deep country  (F sharp minor) blues
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Like an  (D major) open fire
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Deep country  (E minor) blues,
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like  (A major) a blackjack  (B minor) choir
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 (D major) The bright sun (E minor) flower (B major) s,
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 (E minor)  (A major) they quickly  (D major) die
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And fade away,  (E minor) 
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 (B major)  (E minor)  (A major) on the withered  (D major) vine
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Our simple dream (F sharp minor) s,
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they  (F sharp major)  (G major)  (D major) held them cheap
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Now torn and  (E minor) broken,
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 (A major) they at our  (D major) feet
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Deep country  (F sharp minor) blue, like  (G major) an  (D major) open flame
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Deep country  (E minor) blue
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 (A major) Still brings me  (B minor) pain
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 (D major) It was in a time  (E minor) 
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Yesterday  (D major) 
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Now a  (E minor) memory
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 (A major) So far away  (D major) 
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We were  (F sharp minor) young
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 (G major) And we were  (D major) lame, the truth was  (E minor) broken
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Like  (A major) a windowpan (D major) e
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Deep  (F sharp minor) country blues, like  (G major) an  (D major) open fire
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Deep country  (E minor) blues,
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 (A major) like a blackjack  (B minor) choir
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 (D major) 
paper daydreams
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country wine
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 (D major) 
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gone forever (E minor) 
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 (A major) old summertime
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it was in her  (F sharp minor) eyes
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 (G major) Till the very  (D major) end of Mississippi
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 (E minor) I'm  (A major) home again  (D major) 
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Deep country  (F sharp minor) blues like
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 (G major) an open flame  (D major) 
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Deep country  (E minor) blues
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still  (A major) brings me  (B minor) pain
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 (D major) Deep country blues
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 (E minor) At my head and  (D major) feet
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Deep country  (E minor) blues
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 (A major) She brought to  (B minor) me