Chords with lyrics
Verse 1:
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I was leavin up through mississippi, i was only passin through
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But the police up in Memphis, they can give a man the blues
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And I didn't lose like i was supposed to, and that casino man got mad
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Said the fat man to the law man, get him back and you get half
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And I'm on the wrong side of the barbed wire
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im all alone and i can't make bail
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It makes a man miss mississippi in that shelby county jail
Verse 2:
E MajorE BB
Well the wardens new sunglasses sure do look like mine
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You better bring your daddy's money 'cross that shelby county line
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And I'm on the wrong side of the barbed wire
BB
im all alone and i can't make bail
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It'll make a man miss mississippi in that shelby county jail
Verse 3:
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freight train, headin south where i want to
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but i can't, til my thirty days are through
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oh now what else can a poor boy dooooo yeah yeah (solo)
Bridge:
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Shoulda stayed away from that casino
BB
can't go back home if you got won
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im gonna kiss the ground in my home town
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when my time in here is done
Chorus:
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And I'm on the wrong side of the barbed wire
BB
im all alone and i can't make bail
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