Optimistic Messenger chords by Jim Lauderdale

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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The spirits rise in the dead man's tomb
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The world's deprived of his name
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He rides above your city
And his eyes display down his head
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Stories are told since the dawn of days
But when it's your time,
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remember his name
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You hear the words
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For the last time
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Do you cry?
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I  am the messen
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ger of death
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And I   keep
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the ledger filled with wrath
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For I   am the
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messenger of death
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And I  keep the ledger
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with all your names
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When he was born, his mother died
Fate sent words, cruelest lies
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The end is only a beginning
Through the flames of the feather's gem
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The winds that keep the dark divine
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In their purest form
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Deathless time
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You say your words
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One last time
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But even then
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You hear them cry
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I'm a messenger of death
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An  d I   keep
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the ledger filled with wrath
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For I   am
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your messenger of  death
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An  d I   keep the ledger with all your names
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I am  the messen
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ger of death
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An d I   have been
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led to fill them with wrath
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For I   am
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a messenger of death
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An  d I   keep the letter
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with all your names