Intro
G2 Gmaj A D
G A
The air is getting hotter
G D
There's a rumbling in the skies
G A
I've been wading through the high muddy water
G D
With the heat rising in my eyes
Cdim G2
Every day your memory grows dimmer
Em D
It doesn't haunt me like it did before
G A
I've been walking through the middle of nowhere
G D
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
G A
When I was in Missouri
G D
They would not let me be
G A
I had to leave there in a hurry
G D
I only saw what they let me see
CDim G2
You broke a heart that loved you
Em D
Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore
G A
I've been walking that lonesome valley
G D
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
G A
People on the platforms
G D
Waiting for the trains
G A
I can hear their hearts a-beatin'
G D
Like pendulums swinging on chains
Cdim G2
When you think that you lost everything
Em D
You find out you can always lose a little more
G A
I'm just going down the road feeling bad
G D
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
G A
I'm going down the river
G D
Down to New Orleans
G A
They tell me everything is gonna be all right
G D
But I don't know what "all right" even means
Cdim G2
I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-Jane
Em D
Miss Mary-Jane got a house in Baltimore
G A
I been all around the world, boys
G D
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door
G A
Gonna sleep down in the parlor
G D
And relive my dreams
G A
I'll close my eyes and I wonder
G D
If everything is as hollow as it seems
Cdim G2
Some trains don't pull no gamblers
Em D
No midnight ramblers, like they did before
G A
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
G D
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door