Intro
F2 Fmaj G C
F G
The air is getting hotter
F C
There's a rumbling in the skies
F G
I've been wading through the high muddy water
F C
With the heat rising in my eyes
Cdim F2
Every day your memory grows dimmer
Dm C
It doesn't haunt me like it did before
F G
I've been walking through the middle of nowhere
F C
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
F G
When I was in Missouri
F C
They would not let me be
F G
I had to leave there in a hurry
F C
I only saw what they let me see
CDim F2
You broke a heart that loved you
Dm C
Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore
F G
I've been walking that lonesome valley
F C
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
F G
People on the platforms
F C
Waiting for the trains
F G
I can hear their hearts a-beatin'
F C
Like pendulums swinging on chains
Cdim F2
When you think that you lost everything
Dm C
You find out you can always lose a little more
F G
I'm just going down the road feeling bad
F C
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
F G
I'm going down the river
F C
Down to New Orleans
F G
They tell me everything is gonna be all right
F C
But I don't know what "all right" even means
Cdim F2
I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-Jane
Dm C
Miss Mary-Jane got a house in Baltimore
F G
I been all around the world, boys
F C
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door
F G
Gonna sleep down in the parlor
F C
And relive my dreams
F G
I'll close my eyes and I wonder
F C
If everything is as hollow as it seems
Cdim F2
Some trains don't pull no gamblers
Dm C
No midnight ramblers, like they did before
F G
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
F C
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door