Missouri Borderlands

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I am far away from home   -     
            Am F            C
With neither faaaaaaamily nor 
friends
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I never meant to stay so long   
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-    In the Missouri borderlands


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Three years ago I held a job   -   
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 Saw the woooooorld from my pony 
sway
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Riding drag on a dusty mount   -
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    I knew I'd worked when I drew 
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my pay


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But times got hard, Christ times 
got mean    -     And I fell 
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iiiiiiiin with desperate men
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And one night the worst of them 
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  -    Laid out what was an awful 
C
plan


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I did not like such wicked talk   
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 -      Of Murder aaaaaaaand bold 
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robbery
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I told those men I would walk   
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-     And they all aimed their guns
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 at me


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Their prisoner I helped rob a bank
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     -  And much gooooold we did 
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obtain
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They shot a boy just for the 
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sport      -      I stood and 
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watched his young life wane


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Such dreadful sounds I'd never 
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heard     -      His mother’s 
 F                C
waailing filled the room
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She looked at me and screamed 
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these words     -      Devil take 
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you to your doom


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C                                 
I turned to face that murderous 
                     Am F      
crew    -     Shot ‘em dead.   I 
          C
killed all four
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And the only thing I rue    -   
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   Had not thought of that before


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The posse  found me outside of town
                     Am F         
    -      As I was kneeeling 
     C
there to pray
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From my gallows high I to lay 
                    G            C
down    -       In a dark Missouri 
grave


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Please hide the rope stains around 
                           Am F   
my neck    -      When my mooother
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 sees me dead
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Please don’t let my brothers 
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take    -      The faithful path I 
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chose to tread
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Cause I'm far away from home    - 
                 Am F            
     With neither faaaaamily nor 
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friends
C       F                Am     
I never meant to stay so long   
                   G           C
  -      In the Missouri borderlands
C            F          Am      
And now I'll spend eternity     
                  G           C
-       In the Missouri borderlands