Iuka

Am

[Verse 1]

I'd never tell a man to ask my Daddy
 for my hand
Am
I've got a thousand tales about the 
temper of that man

He'd shoot a man who came within a 
mile of my young frame
Am
But I know that you will take the 
risk so I can take your name


[Pre-Chorus]
       Dm                        
You've got the ring, I've got the 
                       Am
keys and sixty miles ahead
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        Am
Iuka, Mississippi, where the two of 
us will wed


[Chorus]
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi
         Am
'Fore he knows the two of us have up
 and gone
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi
       B                       E
We can run away and never come home
          Am
Never come home


[Verse 2]

My daddy finally knocked a little 
sense right into me
Am
So, I asked around until I found the
 Justice of the Peace

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The bruises on my body can't be 
hidden anymore
Am
So park your car upon the hill, I'm 
headed out the door


[Pre-Chorus]
     Dm                            
Step easy so my daddy doesn't hear 
          Am
us sneak away
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                   Am
Hang around, he'll shoot you down, 
that's why we just can't stay


[Chorus]
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi
         Am
'Fore he knows the two of us have up
 and gone
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi
       B                       E
We can run away and never come home


[Bridge]
Dm
Follow close behind me, not much 
further now
Am
Oh, it's just a shadow, I didn't 
hear a sound
Dm
Ain't no way he heard us, ain't no 
way he'll come
E
I hear someone breathing, hold my 
hand and run____


[Instrumental]
Am


[Verse 3]

Somewhere in the river there's a gun
 the devil owned
Am
Somehow everybody knew that 
everything was wrong

A noose up in the maple tree, the 
old man's gonna pay
        N.C.
Two headstones for two lovers who 
finally got away


[Chorus]
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi
         Am
'Fore he knows the two of us have up
 and gone
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi
       B                       E
We can run away and never come home


[Chorus]
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi
         Am
'Fore he knows the two of us have up
 and gone
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi
       B                       E
We can run away and never come home
          Am
Never come home

Never come home
Am
Never come home