Lost In New Amsterdam chords by Michael Cerveris

SimplifiedG · C · D · Bm · Em

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well, I gotta get out, right now,
what in the world to do?
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Seems I stole the ghost
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away from you.
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Shamed my mother
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with the burden of a murderin' son.
Well, I'm headed out west,
blazin' a trail,
gonna run clean out of my shoes.
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I'll keep on runnin' to the bottom
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of my feet of bruised
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My uncle told me once
about a place called the
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middle ground
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Well, way over yonder past the Ohio River
You can eat like a woodland king
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There's fish in the water
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like you ain't never seen
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Ain't no man hungry in the bounty
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of the middle ground
You can eat on ale, eat on dairy,
you can eat on ring -tailed coon
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There's all kinds of critters in the dark
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gonna eat on you
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Ain't no man hungry in the bounty
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of the middle ground
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Well churchyard brought the bull run,
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mountain turned murder on the run
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I pray my mama and the lord in heaven
can forgive me for the things I've done
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There ain't no jury in the middle ground,
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in the middle ground a boy is free
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So goodbye mama,
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I'm going to the middle ground
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C 
Well I  know his friends
and his next of kin
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would love to watch me swing
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And I may be sorry
but I ain't so sorry
that I'm never gonna let them see
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There ain't no jury in the middle ground
and the middle ground's boys free
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D 
I said, goodbye, mama,
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I'm going to the middle ground.
Well, I gotta get out right now.
What in the world to do?
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It seems I beat the brakes right off of you.
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Sent  you early to the maker
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of the middle ground.
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I said, goodbye, mama,
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I'm going to the middle ground.