Tom: Am
Am G D Am
[Verse 1]
Am G
All my life I'd never been a lucky man
D
Saw the back of my daddy's hand
Am
Lost your momma to the promised land
[Verse 2]
Am G
In my time I ain't never had a thing that's mine
D
Till they handed me a baby fine
Am
My little girl
[Bridge 1]
Am G
There're only two things I know
Dm Am
I get ugly when the whiskey flows
Dm Am
Wanted you to know I love you so
E
And I would kill before I let you go
[Chorus]
Am
Taking off for Mississippi
G
Wearing someone else's name
D
Brought you in this world and I
E G Am
can take you from it just the same
Am
If you leave for Mississippi
G
I will beat you at your game
D
Brought you in this world and I
E G Am
can take you from it just the same
[Break]
Am G D Am
[Verse 3]
Am
My dear one
G
Heard your whispering your plans to run
D
Off to marry some rich man's son
Am
I bet he's never met a poor man's gun
[Bridge 2]
Am G
In the darkness you could not see
Dm Am
The drunken devil instructed me
Dm Am
Two bullets in a crimson sea
E
Now I'm certain that you'll never be
[Chorus]
Am
Taking off for Mississippi
G
Wearing someone else's name
D
Brought you in this world and I
E G Am
can take you from it just the same
Am
If you leave for Mississippi
G
I will beat you at your game
D
Brought you in this world and I
E G Am
can take you from it just the same
[Break]
Am G D Am Am G D E G Am
[Verse 4]
Am
Grief and sin
G
When the righteousness of you sets in
D
And the blood in my veins begins
Am
to ramble on
[Verse 5]
Am
Now I know we can't
G
stand and judge the execution man
D
But we all have to make a trembling stand
Am
before the sun
Am G C
Maple tree
Am G C E
Can your branches carry me
Am G
Before the war, before the wine
Dm Am
Before I stole what wasn't mine
F/C E Am G D Am
Can you bring my baby back to me
