Nashville Blues chords by Cory Morrow
Intro 1
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Late one morn
Verse 1
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ing I just packed my things
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Burned all my bills and I
hopped on a plane
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I told the cops and the bankers
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goodbye
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They said "Don't let us catch you,
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you owe us your life"
Verse 2
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Well the plane was headed
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east and so I was
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Bound for Tennessee to
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outrun the fuzz
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They found me in a day or two
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Now I'm flat busted in jail
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fightin' the Nashville Blues
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Verse 3
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Chorus
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I like George Jones, Willie and Waylon
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I think Kris and Merle are
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songwriting saviors
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Townes Van Zandt,
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he died to soon
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But now he's up there with Hank
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And they're both fightin' the
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Nashville Blues
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Verse 4
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Well the songwriting's left up to old
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hillbillies
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Hippies and rednecks and girls
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like Miss Emmylou
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I'm too young to have
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a point of view
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But I just want to be a part of fightin'
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the Nashville Blues
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Fightin' the Nashville Blues
Verse 5
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Chorus
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Fightin' the Nashville Blues ain't fun no
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It takes it's toll upon your mind
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But all the great ones have been there too
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And they're all fightin' the
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Nashville Blues
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Fightin' the Nashville Blues
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Verse 6
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Well I moved back to Austin
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to try to make a living
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But it ain't been so easy with
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those hill country women
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And i'm stuck inside
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of this 8x12 room
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And my throat's a scratchin'
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from the cigarettes and booze
Verse 7
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And my face in wrinklin' and
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my mind's a strayin'
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And I get on my knees
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and I get to prayin'
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But my hands are worn like
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the soles of my shoes
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And the Lord only knows I'm just
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fightin' the Nashville Blues
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Verse 8
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Chorus
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I like Johnny Cash, Willie and Waylon
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I think Chris and Merle are
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songwriting saviors
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And old Keith Whitley he
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died to soon
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But now he's up there with Hank
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And they're both fightin' the
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Nashville Blues
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Verse 9
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Well the songwriting's left up to old
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hillbillies
Hippies and rednecks and girls
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like Miss Emmylou
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I'm too young to
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have a point of view
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But I just want to be a part of
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fightin' the Nashville Blues
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Fightin' the Nashville
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Blues
Outro 1
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Nashville Blues
Cory Morrow
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