VERSE F#m E/G# A F E F#m E/G# A Bm7
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| F#m E/G# A | Bm7 | A E | A |
VERSE 1F#m E/G# A
Lost John sitting on a railroad track
F E
Something's out of wack
F#m E/G# A Bm7
Blues this morning falling down like hail
A E A
Gonna leave a greasy trail
VERSE 2 F#m E/G# A
Gonna travel the world is what I'm gonna do
F E
Then come back and see you
F#m E/G# A Bm7
All I ever do is struggle and strive
A E A
If I don't do anybody any harm, I might make it back home alive
VERSE 3 F#m E/G# A
I'm the oldest son of a crazy man
F E
I'm in a cowboy band
F#m E/G# A Bm7
Got a pile of sins to pay for and I ain't got time to hide
A E A
I'd walk through a blazing fire, baby, if I knew you was on the other side
CHORUSE E7 A
Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
D
And my happiness is o'er
E A
Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
A C#7
I loved you then and ever shall
D A
But there's no one here that's left to tell
A E A
The world has gone black before my eyes
VERSE 4 F#m E/G# A
The world of research has gone berserk
F E
Too much paperwork
F#m E/G# A Bm7
Albert's in the graveyard, Frankie's raising hell
A E E A
I'm beginning to believe what the scriptures tell
VERSE 5 F#m E/G# A
I'm going where the Southern crosses the Yellow Dog
F E
Get away from these demagogues
F#m E/G# A Bm7
And these bad luck women stick like glue
A E A
It's either one or the other or neither of the two
VERSE 6 F#m E/G# A
She says, "look out daddy, don't want you to tear your pants.
F E
You can get wrecked in this dance."
F#m E/G# A Bm7
They say whiskey will kill ya, but I don't think it will
A E A
I'm riding with you to the top of the hill
CHORUSE E7 A
Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
D
And my happiness is o'er
E A
Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
A C#7
I loved you then and ever shall
D A
But there's no one here that's left to tell
A E A
The world has gone black before my eyes
VERSE 7 F#m E/G# A
Don't know why my baby never looked so good before
F E
I don't have to wonder no more
F#m E/G# A Bm7
She been cooking all day and it's gonna take me all night
A E A
I can't eat all that stuff in a single bite
VERSE 8 F#m E/G# A
The Judge is coming in, everybody rise
F E
Lift up your eyes
F#m E/G# A Bm7
You can do what you please, you don't need my advice
A E A
Before you call me any dirty names you better think twice
VERSE 9 F#m E/G# A
Getting light outside, the temperature dropped
F E
I think the rain has stopped
F#m E/G# A Bm7
I'm going to make you come to grips with fate
A E A
When I'm through with you, you'll learn to keep your business straight
CHORUSE E7 A
Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
D
And my happiness is o'er
E A
Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
A C#7
I loved you then and ever shall
D A
But there's no one here that's left to tell
A E A
The world has gone black before my eyes
VERSE 10 F#m E/G# A
The bright spark of the steady lights
F E
Has dimmed my sights
F#m E/G# A Bm7
When you're around me all my grief gives 'way
A E A
A lifetime with you is like some heavenly day
VERSE 11 F#m E/G# A
Everything I've ever known to be right has been proven wrong
F E
I'll be drifting along
F#m E/G# A Bm7
The woman I'm lovin', she rules my heart
A E A
No knife could ever cut our love apart
VERSE 12F#m E/G# A
Today I'll stand in faith and raise
F E
The voice of praise
F#m E/G# A Bm7
The sun is strong, I'm standing in the light
A E A
I wish to God that it were night
CHORUSE E7 A
Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
D
And my happiness is o'er
E A
Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
A C#7
I loved you then and ever shall
D A
But there's no one here that's left to tell
A E A
The world has gone black before my eyes
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| F#m E/G# A | Bm7 | A E | A
