Key: E major•
Intro 1
C
D
E
C
D
E
C
D
E
A
Verse 1
B
A
hotter
Bsus4
B
high muddy water
A
E
With the heat rising through my eyes
C#m
A
Every day your memory grows dimmer
E
A
I've been walking through
A
E
Trying to get to heaven before they close
Interlude 1
the door
A
B
A
E
A
B
A
E
A
Verse 2
Bsus4
B
When I was in Missouri
A
E
B
They would not let me be
A
B
I had to leave there in a hurry
A
E
I only saw what they let me see
C#m
A
They broke the heart that loved you
A
E
and not write anymore
A
B
I've been walking that lonesome valley
Oh yeah
A
Verse 3
Bsus4
Ooh
they close the door
E
A
Bsus4
Ooh
B
Bsus4
Trying to get to heaven
A
E
before they close the door
Verse 4
A
Bsus4
B
A
People on the platforms
B
A
Like Like pendulums
Verse 5
A
B
Ooh
Bsus4
B
A
Trying to get to heaven before
E
A
B
they close the door
Ooh
Bsus4
B
A
Trying to get to heaven before
they close the door
E
C#m
E
A
Verse 6
C
D
Ooh, oh
E
Verse 7
A
B
Ooh
E
A
they close the door
Bsus4
Ooh
A
Bsus4
B
A
Trying to get to heaven before
F#m
E
Em
they close the door
Verse 8
A
B
I'm going down the river
E
A
They tell me everything
B
Bsus4
is gonna be all right
B
A
But I don't know what "all
F#m
E
right" even means
C#m
C#
C#m
A
I close my eyes and I wonder, boys
F#m
E
If everything is as hollow as it seems
Hey
Verse 9
A
Bsus4
Ooh
A
Bsus4
Ooh
Verse 10
E
A
Bsus4
Ooh (I've been on the run)
Trying to get to heaven
A
E
before they close the door
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