Intro D-G-D-G-Em

D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)        DTake (xx0232@1)my body to Seven-Mile Island.

D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)     EmLay (022000@1)my head down where Indians sleep.

D (xx0232@1)                     G (320003@1)             DTake (xx0232@1)your shoes off and walk across the water.

D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)         EmIt's (022000@1)been so long so I heard a man speak.

D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)          DWatch (xx0232@1)the spillways when the water starts rising.
D (xx0232@1)                        G (320003@1)      EmTake (022000@1)your hat off when the sun goes down.
D (xx0232@1)                    G (320003@1)      DKeep (xx0232@1)your eyes on that concrete tower.
D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)            EmMaybe (022000@1)one day it will crumble to the ground.

Bm (x24432@1)                     GMary's (320003@1)crying 'cause she can't hold water
        D (xx0232@1)                   Aand (x02220@1)her clothes don't fit her right.

Bm (x24432@1)                     GShe (320003@1)used to say that she wanted a daughter,
        D (xx0232@1)                   Anow (x02220@1)she only wants a Saturday night.

D (xx0232@1)                       G (320003@1)            DThere (xx0232@1)were days when that dusty cave was empty,
D (xx0232@1)              G (320003@1)         Emback (022000@1)before this city made a claim
        D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)           Don (xx0232@1)that hotel for wanderers and strangers,
       D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)              Emback (022000@1)before you could live off of your name.

Bm (x24432@1)              GWe (320003@1)all live in an Airstream trailer
      D (xx0232@1)                        Aabout (x02220@1)three-hundred yards up the lake.
Bm (x24432@1)                    GCall (320003@1)the doctor, Mary's going into labor
        D (xx0232@1)                   Aand (x02220@1)you can't raise a baby on shake.

           D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)        DSo (xx0232@1)take my body to Seven-Mile Island
D (xx0232@1)                     G (320003@1)       EmLay (022000@1)some stones down on top of my grave.
        D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)      
Tell my lady I just couldn't bear to see her
        D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)         EmTell (022000@1)my daughter I just couldn't be saved.

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