Intro
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| G#m F#/A# | B | G | F# |
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| G#m F#/A# B | C#m7 | B F# | B |
[Verse 1]
G#m F#/A# B
Lost John sitting on a railroad track
G F#
Something's out of wack
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
Blues this morning falling down like hail
B F# B
Gonna leave a greasy trail
[Verse 2]
G#m F#/A# B
Gonna travel the world is what I'm gonna do
G F#
Then come back and see you
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
All I ever do is struggle and strive
B F# B
If I don't do anybody any harm, I might make it back home alive
[Verse 3]
G#m F#/A# B
I'm the oldest son of a crazy man
G F#
I'm in a cowboy band
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
Got a pile of sins to pay for and I ain't got time to hide
B F# B
I'd walk through a blazing fire, baby, if I knew you was on the other side
[Chorus]
F# F#7 B
Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
E
And my happiness is o'er
F# B
Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
B D#7
I loved you then and ever shall
E B
But there's no one here that's left to tell
B F# B
The world has gone black before my eyes
[Verse 4]
G#m F#/A# B
The world of research has gone berserk
G F#
Too much paperwork
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
Albert's in the graveyard, Frankie's raising hell
B F# F# B
I'm beginning to believe what the scriptures tell
[Verse 5]
G#m F#/A# B
I'm going where the Southern crosses the Yellow Dog
G F#
Get away from these demagogues
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
And these bad luck women stick like glue
B F# B
It's either one or the other or neither of the two
[Verse 6]
G#m F#/A# B
She says, "look out daddy, don't want you to tear your pants.
G F#
You can get wrecked in this dance."
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
They say whiskey will kill ya, but I don't think it will
B F# B
I'm riding with you to the top of the hill
[Chorus]
F# F#7 B
Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
E
And my happiness is o'er
F# B
Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
B D#7
I loved you then and ever shall
E B
But there's no one here that's left to tell
B F# B
The world has gone black before my eyes
[Verse 7]
G#m F#/A# B
Don't know why my baby never looked so good before
G F#
I don't have to wonder no more
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
She been cooking all day and it's gonna take me all night
B F# B
I can't eat all that stuff in a single bite
[Verse 8]
G#m F#/A# B
The Judge is coming in, everybody rise
G F#
Lift up your eyes
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
You can do what you please, you don't need my advice
B F# B
Before you call me any dirty names you better think twice
[Verse 9]
G#m F#/A# B
Getting light outside, the temperature dropped
G F#
I think the rain has stopped
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
I'm going to make you come to grips with fate
B F# B
When I'm through with you, you'll learn to keep your business straight
[Chorus]
F# F#7 B
Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
E
And my happiness is o'er
F# B
Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
B D#7
I loved you then and ever shall
E B
But there's no one here that's left to tell
B F# B
The world has gone black before my eyes
[Verse 10]
G#m F#/A# B
The bright spark of the steady lights
G F#
Has dimmed my sights
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
When you're around me all my grief gives 'way
B F# B
B lifetime with you is like some heavenly day
[Verse 11]
G#m F#/A# B
Everything I've ever known to be right has been proven wrong
G F#
I'll be drifting along
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
The woman I'm lovin', she rules my heart
B F# B
No knife could ever cut our love apart
[Verse 12]
G#m F#/A# B
Today I'll stand in faith and raise
G F#
The voice of praise
G#m F#/A# B C#m7
The sun is strong, I'm standing in the light
B F# B
I wish to God that it were night
[Chorus]
F# F#7 B
Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
E
And my happiness is o'er
F# B
Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
B D#7
I loved you then and ever shall
E B
But there's no one here that's left to tell
B F# B
The world has gone black before my eyes
[Coda]
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| G#m F#/A# B | C#m7 | B F# | A