Intro: Am G D Am Verse: Am G All my life Iʼd never been a lucky man D Saw the back of my daddyʼs hand Am Lost your momma to the promised land Am G In my time I ainʼt never had a thing thatʼs mine D Till they handed me a baby fine Am My little girl Pre-chorus: Am G Thereʼre 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 elseʼs 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 Am G D Am Verse: Am My dear one G Heard your whispering your plans to run D Off to marry some rich manʼs son Am I bet heʼs never met a poor manʼs gun Pre-chorus: 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 Iʼm certain that youʼll never be Chorus: Am Taking off for Mississippi G Wearing someone elseʼs 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 Am G D Am Am G D E G Am Verse: Am Grief and sin G When the righteousness of you sets in D And the blood in my veins begins Am to ramble on Am Now I know we canʼt 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 wasnʼt mine F E Am G D Am Can you bring my baby back to me
