Meridian chords by Paul Burch
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Let me tell you all
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about the place I'm from
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Where the police tip their hats
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while they're swinging their clothes
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And the Southern Mobile
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and Ohio cross -lines
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You best mind where you go
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and watch what you say
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I'll visit your ma, but I ain't gonna stay
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In Meridian,
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in Meridian
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We've got creep joints, and barbers,
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and fine pool halls
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And here come the ladies in their parasols
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And the boys in uniform,
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just honked from the front
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The girls sneak a puff of piggy
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and cigarettes
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When I'm a star, I'll ball them all
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so I have no regrets about Meridian
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Meridian
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You'd never know they're
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all playing for keys
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But they close their doors
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when I'm on the street
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Someday they'll parade me around
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And like Sherman,
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I'll burn them down to the ground
If your daddy ain't workin'
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in a firm downtown
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And the Carnegie libraries
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are slowin' you down
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You can work the rail yards
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from birth to behind
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Well, I'm a long shot, mama,
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but my arrows sound
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Watch it fly to Orion
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for a comeback down in Meridian
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In Meridian
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I'll play it now
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I got a hat, spats, and a starched shirt
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from winter incline
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I put a little down now,
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and a little more now and then
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In Meridian, In Meridian
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I caught a show at the opera
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by the alley door
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Black Patty says she ran
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us through the doors
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And I wanted no part of my
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town anymore
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We rode on a Pullman down
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to New Orleans
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Laughin' how them cultured sons
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of bitches showered us mean
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In Meridian
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And Meridian,
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And Meridian,
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And Meridian
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you
Meridian
Paul Burch
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