• Song:

    Melissa

  • Artist:

    Allman Brothers Band

  • Album:

    A Decade of Hits: 1969-...

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Verse1

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Crossroads seem to come and go,      yeah
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The gypsy flies from coast to coast
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Knowing many, loving none,
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Bearing sorrow havin' fun,
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But back home he'll always run to sweet melissa... mmm..

Verse2

Freight train, each car looks the same
All the same
and no one knows the gypsy's name
no one hears his lonely sigh
there are no blankets where he lies
and in deepest dreams the gypsy flies
to sweet Melissa


bridge

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Again the morning comes
D
again he's on the run
A
sunbeam shining through his hair
B
Better not to have a care
C#m                                 A
So pick up your gear and gypsy roll on
B
roll on


Verse 3
Crossroads, will you ever let him go, No, no, no
or will you hide the dead man ghost
or will he lie beneath the plain
or will his spirit float away
but I know that he won't stay
without Melissa



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Yes I know that he won't stay
           E        
without Melissa
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No,   no   he just won't stay    mmm
 
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