Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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walk the line
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Time is pilin' up,
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we struggle and we scrape
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We're all boxed in,
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nowhere to escape
Verse 2
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more games to play
Trapped in the heart of it,
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I was raised in the country,
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I been in trouble ever since
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I set my suitcase down
Verse 3
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Got nothing for you, I had nothing before
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Don't even have anything
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for my self anymore
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Sky full of fire,
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pain pourin' down
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Nothing you can sell me,
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I'll see you around
Verse 4
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and
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thoughts so sublime
Could never do you justice
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in reason or rhyme
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Only one thing I did wrong
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Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
mule's in the stall
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Say anything you want to, I have heard it all
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things that Rosie said
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I was dreaming I was
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sleeping in Rosie's bed
Verse 6
falling from the trees
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So many things that we never will undo
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I know you're sorry, I'm sorry too
Verse 7
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hand and some won't
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Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
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tract my mind
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I'm gonna look at you 'til
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my eyes go blind
Verse 8
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the southern star
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I crossed that river just to be where you are
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Only one thing I did wrong
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Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Interlude 2
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Verse 9
and it's sinking fast
I'm drownin' in the poison,
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But my heart is not weary,
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I've got nothin' but affection for all
Verse 10
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Everybody movin' if they ain't
already there
Everybody got to move somewhere
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Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow
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Things should start to
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get interesting right about now
Verse 11
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My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
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Not as tight as the corner that
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I painted myself in
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waitin' to be kind
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So give me your hand
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and say you'll be mine
Verse 12
cold as the clay
You can always come back,
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Only one thing I did wrong
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Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A F#m B D#dim...
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