Take 'Em Away chords by Old Crow Medicine Show
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Intro 1
(D major) (D major)
Chorus 1
(D major) Take 'em away, (G major) take 'em away, Lord
(D major) Take away these chains (A major) from me
(D major) My heart is broken
'cause my (G major) spirit's not free
(D major) Lord take away these chains (A major) from me (D major) (D major)
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Verse 1
(D major) Some birds' feathers
are too bright (G major) to be caged
I know (D major) I'm not that colorful
but a (A major) bird just the same
(D major) Open up your gate now,
let me (G major) put down my load
So I (D major) can feel at ease and go (A major) back to my home (D major)
Chorus 2
(D major) Take 'em away, (G major) take 'em away, Lord
(D major) Take away these chains (A major) from me
(D major) My heart is broken
'cause my (G major) spirit's not free
(D major) Lord take away these chains (A major) from me (D major) (D major)
Verse 2
(D major) Sun beatin' down,
my legs (G major) can't seem to stand
There's a (D major) boss man at a turnrow
with a (A major) rifle in his hand
(D major) I've got nine children, (G major) nothin' in the pan
My wife, (D major) she died hungry
while I (A major) was plowin' land (D major)
Chorus 3
(D major) Take 'em away, (G major) take 'em away, Lord
(D major) Take away these chains (A major) from me
(D major) My heart is broken
'cause my (G major) spirit's not free
(D major) Lord take away these chains (A major) from me
Interlude 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) (D major)
Verse 3
(D major) Can't see when I go to work,
can't (G major) see when I get off
(D major) How do you expect a man (A major) not to get lost?
(D major) Every year I just keep getting (G major) deeper in debt
If there's (D major) a happy day, Lord,
I haven't (A major) seen one yet (D major)
Chorus 4
(D major) Take 'em away, (G major) take 'em away, Lord
(D major) Take away these chains (A major) from me
(D major) My heart is broken
'cause my (G major) spirit's not free
(D major) Lord take away these chains (A major) from me (D major) (D major)
Verse 4
(D major) Land that I love is the land (G major) that I'm workin'
But it's (D major) hard to love it all the time
when your (A major) back is a-hurtin'
(D major) Gettin' too old now to (G major) push this here plow
(D major) Please let me lay down
so I (A major) can look at the (D major) clouds
Chorus 5
(D major) Take 'em away, (G major) take 'em away, Lord
(D major) Take away these chains (A major) from me
(D major) My heart is broken
'cause my (G major) spirit's not free
(D major) Lord take away these chains (A major) from me
Interlude 2
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) (D major)
Verse 5
(D major) Land that I know is where two (G major) rivers collide
The Brazos, (D major) the Navaso and the (A major) big blue sky
(D major) Flood plains, freight trains,
(G major) watermelon vines
Of any place (D major) on God's green earth,
this is where (A major) I choose to (D major) die
Chorus 6
(D major) Take 'em away, (G major) take 'em away, Lord
(D major) Take away these chains (A major) from me
(D major) My heart is broken
'cause my (G major) spirit's not free
(D major) Lord take away these chains (A major) from me
Outro 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (A major)
(D major)
Take 'Em Away
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