Intro
A2 Amaj B E
A B
The air is getting hotter
A E
There's a rumbling in the skies
A B
I've been wading through the high muddy water
A E
With the heat rising in my eyes
Cdim A2
Every day your memory grows dimmer
F#m E
It doesn't haunt me like it did before
A B
I've been walking through the middle of nowhere
A E
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
A B
When I was in Missouri
A E
They would not let me be
A B
I had to leave there in a hurry
A E
I only saw what they let me see
CDim A2
You broke a heart that loved you
F#m E
Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore
A B
I've been walking that lonesome valley
A E
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
A B
People on the platforms
A E
Waiting for the trains
A B
I can hear their hearts a-beatin'
A E
Like pendulums swinging on chains
Cdim A2
When you think that you lost everything
F#m E
You find out you can always lose a little more
A B
I'm just going down the road feeling bad
A E
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
A B
I'm going down the river
A E
Down to New Orleans
A B
They tell me everything is gonna be all right
A E
But I don't know what "all right" even means
Cdim A2
I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-Jane
F#m E
Miss Mary-Jane got a house in Baltimore
A B
I been all around the world, boys
A E
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door
A B
Gonna sleep down in the parlor
A E
And relive my dreams
A B
I'll close my eyes and I wonder
A E
If everything is as hollow as it seems
Cdim A2
Some trains don't pull no gamblers
F#m E
No midnight ramblers, like they did before
A B
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
A E
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door