Intro
C2 Cmaj D G
C D
The air is getting hotter
C G
There's a rumbling in the skies
C D
I've been wading through the high muddy water
C G
With the heat rising in my eyes
Cdim C2
Every day your memory grows dimmer
Am G
It doesn't haunt me like it did before
C D
I've been walking through the middle of nowhere
C G
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
C D
When I was in Missouri
C G
They would not let me be
C D
I had to leave there in a hurry
C G
I only saw what they let me see
CDim C2
You broke a heart that loved you
Am G
Now you can seal up the book and not write anymore
C D
I've been walking that lonesome valley
C G
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
C D
People on the platforms
C G
Waiting for the trains
C D
I can hear their hearts a-beatin'
C G
Like pendulums swinging on chains
Cdim C2
When you think that you lost everything
Am G
You find out you can always lose a little more
C D
I'm just going down the road feeling bad
C G
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
C D
I'm going down the river
C G
Down to New Orleans
C D
They tell me everything is gonna be all right
C G
But I don't know what "all right" even means
Cdim C2
I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-Jane
Am G
Miss Mary-Jane got a house in Baltimore
C D
I been all around the world, boys
C G
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door
C D
Gonna sleep down in the parlor
C G
And relive my dreams
C D
I'll close my eyes and I wonder
C G
If everything is as hollow as it seems
Cdim C2
Some trains don't pull no gamblers
Am G
No midnight ramblers, like they did before
C D
I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar down
C G
Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door