capo on 2nd fret 


G5
Every step of the way
( G5 )
We walk the line
( G5 )
Your days are numbered
( G5 )
So are mine

( G5 )
Time is piling up
( G5 )
We struggle and we scrape
( G5 )
We?re all boxed in
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Nowhere to escape

( G5 )
City's just a jungle
( G5 )
More games to play
( G5 )
I'm trapped in the heart of it
( G5 )
Trying to get away

( G5 )
I was raised in the country
( G5 )
Been working in the town
( G5 )
I been in trouble since I
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Set my suitcase down

D5
I ain't got nothing for you
( D5 )
I had nothing before
( D5 )
Don't even do anything
( D5 )
For myself anymore
( D5 )
Sky's full of fire
( D5 )
Rain pouring down
( D5 )
There's nothing you can sell me
( D5 )
So I'll see you around

G5
All my powers of expression
( G5 )
And thoughts so sublime
( G5 )
Could never do you justice
( G5 )
In reason or rhyme
( G5 )
Well there's only one thing I did wrong
                        D5         G5
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long

G5
The devil's in the alley, mule kicking in the stall
( G5 )
Say anything you wanna, I've heard it all
( G5 )
I was thinking about the things that you said
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I was dreaming I was sleeping in your bed

G5
Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees
G5
Feelin' like a stranger nobody sees
G5
Well so many things we never will undo
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I know you're sorry, well I'm sorry too

D5
Some people'll offer you their hand and some won't
( D5 )
Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
( D5 )
I need something strong to distract my mind
( D5 )
I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind

G5
Well I got here, following the southern star
( G5 )
I crossed that river just to be where you are
( G5 )
There's only one thing that I did wrong
                        D5         G5
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
( G5 )
Well my ship's been split to splinters; it's sinking fast
( G5 )
I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past
( G5 )
But my heart is not weary, and smiling's free
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I've got nothing but affection for those who've sailed with me

( G5 )
Everybody's moving if they ain't already there
( G5 )
Everybody's got to move somewhere
( G5 )
Well stick with me baby anyhow
                                       D5           G5
Things should start to get interesting right about now

D5
My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
( D5 )
Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
( D5 )
I know that fortune is waiting to be kind
( D5 )
So give me your hand and say you'll be mine

G5
The emptiness is endless, gold is gray
( G5 )
You can always go back, but you can't go back all the way
( G5 )
Well there's only one thing that I did wrong
                          D5       G5
I stayed in Mississippi a day too long
( G5 )
Yeah the only thing that I did wrong
                            D5       G5
Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long
( G5 )
The only thing that I did wrong
-no chord-                  D5       G5
Was stayed in Mississippi a day too long