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Capo: 3 Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo 3rd [Verse 1]
FThe air is getting hotteGr FThere’s a rumbling in the skCies FI’ve been wading through the high muddy Gwater FWith the heat rising in my Ceyes AmEvery day your memory grows dFimmer DmIt doesn’t haunt me like it Cdid before FI’ve been walking through the middle of nGowhere FTryin' to get to heaven before they Cclose the door
[Verse 2]
FWhen I was in MisGsouri FThey would not let me Cbe FI had to leave there in a Ghurry FI only saw what they Clet me see AmYou broke a heart that Floved you DmNow you can seal up the book and not Cwrite anymore FI’ve been walking that lonesome Gvalley FTryin' to get to heaven before they Cclose the door
[Verse 3]
FPeople on the Gplatforms FWaiting for the Ctrains FI can hear their hearts a-Gbeatin’ FLike pendulums swinging on Cchains AmI tried to give you eFverything DmThat your heart was longing Cfor FI’m just going down the road Gfeeling bad FTryin' to get to heaven before they Cclose the door
[Verse 4]
FI’m going down the Griver FDown to New OrCleans FThey tell me everything is gonna be Gall right FBut I don’t know what “all right” Ceven means AmI was riding in a buggy with Miss FMary-Jane DmMiss Mary-Jane got a house in CBaltimore FI been all around the Gworld, boys Now I’m Ftryin' to get to heaven before they Cclose the door
[Verse 5]
FGonna sleep down in the Gparlor FAnd relive my Cdreams FI’ll close my eyes and I Gwonder FIf everything is as hollow Cas it seems AmSome trains don't pull no Fgamblers DmNo midnight ramblers like they Cdid before FI been to Sugar Town, I Gshook the sugar down Now I’m Ftryin' to get to heaven before they Cclose the door