Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
We walk the line
Your days are numbered
Verse 2
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Time is piling up
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We struggle and we scrape
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All boxed in
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Nowhere to escape
Interlude 1
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Verse 3
More games to play
I'm trapped in the heart of it
Verse 4
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I was raised in the country
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Been working in the town
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Set my suitcase down
Verse 5
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I ain't got nothing for you
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Don't even have anything
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For myself anymore
Verse 6
And the rain is pouring down
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There's nothing you can sell me
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So I'll see you around
Verse 7
And thoughts so sublime
Could never do you justice
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There's only one thing
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that I did wrong
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I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Interlude 2
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Verse 8
The mule kickin' in the stall
Say anything you want to
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I was thinking about the things that she said
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I was dreaming I was sleeping
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in you bed
Verse 9
Falling from the trees
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So many things we never will undo
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I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too
Verse 10
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Some people will offer you their
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hand and some won't
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Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
I need something strong
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I'm gonna look at you
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till my eyes go blind
Verse 11
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Well I got here, following the southern star
I crossed that river just to
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There's only one thing
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that I did wrong
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I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Interlude 3
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Verse 12
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to splinters
I's sinking fas
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I've got nothing but affection for
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those who've sailed with me
Verse 13
already there
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Well stick with me baby anyhow
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teresting right about now
Verse 14
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Not as tight as the corner
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that I painted myself in
I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
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So give me your hand and
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say you'll be mine
Verse 15
Cold as clay
You can always come back
Verse 16
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Well there's only one thing
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that I did wrong
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I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
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I did wrong
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Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long
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Was stayed in Mississippi a day
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA G D E F#m...
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Bm
Bsus4
Capo: 2
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