Intro: A D
Verse:
A D A D
I don't know much more desolate
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Than north Mississippi headed west
A D A D
Three more days I'll turn around
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Then I'll be Alabama bound
A D A D
I65 exit 53
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Dinosaurs staring in the driver's seat
A D A D
Well I made all the way through Tennessee
A E D
By now you know better than to wait for me
Chorus:
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No postcards or pay tele-phones to help me though the night
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Something as simple as calling home never seems to work out right
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The hardest part of what I do is missing you
Verse 2:
A D A D
Piss poor coffee hotel bed
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B thousand songs saying what's in my head
A D A D
That don't mean that it aint true
A E D
When I comes down to me and you
Chorus:
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No postcards or pay tele-phones to help me though the night
F#m E/G# A D D/C# E
Something as simple as calling home never seems to work out right
F#m E/G# A G D A
The hardest part of what I do is missing you
Bridge:
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You spend your married life living with a ghost
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I spend every night missing little things the most
Chorus:
F#m E/G# A D D/C# E
No postcards or pay tele-phones to help me though the night
F#m E/G# A D D/C# E
Something as simple as calling home never seems to work out right
F#m E/G# A G D A
The hardest part of what I do is missing you
A C