VERSE
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| F#m E/G# A | Bm7 | AE | A | VERSE 1
F#mE/G#A Lost John sitting on a railroad track
FE Something's out of wack
F#mE/G#ABm7 Blues this morning falling down like hail
AEA Gonna leave a greasy trail
 VERSE 2
F#mE/G#A Gonna travel the world is what I'm gonna do
FE Then come back and see you
F#mE/G#ABm7 All I ever do is struggle and strive
AEA If I don't do anybody any harm, I might make it back home alive
 VERSE 3
F#mE/G#A I'm the oldest son of a crazy man
FE I'm in a cowboy band
F#mE/G#ABm7 Got a pile of sins to pay for and I ain't got time to hide
AEA I'd walk through a blazing fire, baby, if I knew you was on the other side
 CHORUS
EE7 A Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
D And my happiness is o'er
EA Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
AC#7 I loved you then and ever shall
DA But there's no one here that's left to tell
AEA The world has gone black before my eyes
 VERSE 4
F#mE/G#A The world of research has gone berserk
FE Too much paperwork
F#mE/G#ABm7 Albert's in the graveyard, Frankie's raising hell
AEEA I'm beginning to believe what the scriptures tell
 VERSE 5
F#mE/G#A I'm going where the Southern crosses the Yellow Dog
FE Get away from these demagogues
F#mE/G#ABm7 And these bad luck women stick like glue
AEA It's either one or the other or neither of the two
 VERSE 6
F#mE/G#A She says, "look out daddy, don't want you to tear your pants.
FE You can get wrecked in this dance."
F#mE/G#ABm7 They say whiskey will kill ya, but I don't think it will
AEA I'm riding with you to the top of the hill
 CHORUS
EE7 A Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
D And my happiness is o'er
EA Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
AC#7 I loved you then and ever shall
DA But there's no one here that's left to tell
AEA The world has gone black before my eyes
 VERSE 7
F#mE/G#A Don't know why my baby never looked so good before
FE I don't have to wonder no more
F#mE/G#ABm7 She been cooking all day and it's gonna take me all night
AEA I can't eat all that stuff in a single bite
 VERSE 8
F#mE/G# A The Judge is coming in, everybody rise
FE Lift up your eyes
F#mE/G#ABm7 You can do what you please, you don't need my advice
AEA Before you call me any dirty names you better think twice
 VERSE 9
F#mE/G#A Getting light outside, the temperature dropped
FE I think the rain has stopped
F#mE/G#ABm7 I'm going to make you come to grips with fate
AEA When I'm through with you, you'll learn to keep your business straight
 CHORUS
EE7 A Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
D And my happiness is o'er
EA Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
AC#7 I loved you then and ever shall
DA But there's no one here that's left to tell
AEA The world has gone black before my eyes
 VERSE 10
F#mE/G#A The bright spark of the steady lights
FE Has dimmed my sights
F#mE/G#ABm7 When you're around me all my grief gives 'way
AEA A lifetime with you is like some heavenly day
 VERSE 11
F#mE/G#A Everything I've ever known to be right has been proven wrong
FE I'll be drifting along
F#mE/G#ABm7 The woman I'm lovin', she rules my heart
AEA No knife could ever cut our love apart
 VERSE 12
F#mE/G#A Today I'll stand in faith and raise
FE The voice of praise
F#mE/G#ABm7 The sun is strong, I'm standing in the light
AEA I wish to God that it were night
 CHORUS
EE7 A Oh, I miss you Nettie Moore
D And my happiness is o'er
EA Winter's gone, the river's on the rise
AC#7 I loved you then and ever shall
DA But there's no one here that's left to tell
AEA The world has gone black before my eyes
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