C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C C C4 Every step of the way C C4 We walk the line C C4 Your days are numbered C F So are mine C F C F Time is pilin’ up, we struggle and we scrape C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C We’re all boxed in, no- where to escape C C4 City’s just a jungle C C4 More games to play C C4 Trapped in the heart of it C F Tryin' to get away C F C F I was raised in the country, I been workin’ in the town C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down G G/A G/B G/C Got nothin' for you, I had nothin' before G/D G/E F G Don’t even have anything for myself anymore G G/A G/B G/C Sky full of fire, pain pourin’ down G/D G/E F G Nothing you can sell me, I’ll see you around (chorus) C C4 All my powers of expression C C4 And thoughts so sublime C C4 Could never do you justice C F In reason or rhyme C F C F Only one thing I did wrong C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C Stayed in Mississippi a day too long C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C C C4 Well, the devil’s in the alley C C4 Mule’s in the stall C C4 Say anything you wanna C F I have heard it all C F C F I was thinkin’ 'bout the things that Rosie said C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C I was dreaming I was sleepin' in Ro - sie’s bed C C4 Walkin' through the leaves C C4 Falling from the trees C C4 Feelin' like a stranger C F Nobody sees C F C F So many things that we never will undo C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C I know you’re sorry, I’m sor - ry too G G/A G/B G/C Some people will offer you their hand and some won’t G/D G/E F C G Last night I knew you, tonight I don’t G G/A G/B G/C I need somethin’ strong to distract my mind G/D G/E F C G I’m gonna look at you ’til my eyes go blind Verse] (chorus) C C4 Well I got here followin' C C4 The southern star C C4 I crossed that river C F Just to be where you are C F C F Only one thing I did wrong C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C Stayed in Mississippi a day too long C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C C C4 Well my ship’s been split to splinters C C4 And it’s sinkin' fast C C4 I’m drownin’ in the poison C F Got no future, got no past C F C F But my heart is not weary, it’s light and it’s free C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C I’ve got nothin’ but affection for all those who’ve sailed with me C C4 Everybody movin’ C C4 If they ain’t already there C C4 Everybody got to move C F Somewhere C F C F Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C Things should start to get interestin' right about now G G/A G/B G/C My clothes are wet, tight on my skin G/D G/E F C G Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in G G/A G/B G/C I know that fortune is waitin’ to be kind G/D G/E F C G So give me your hand and say you’ll be mine Verse] (chorus) C C4 Well, the emptiness is endless C C4 Cold as the clay C C4 You can always come back, C F But you can’t come back all the way C F C F Only one thing I did wrong C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C Stayed in Mississippi a day too long C C/D C/E C/F C/G G C
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