Handcuffed To A Fence In Mississippi chords by Jim White

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Em

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Em Bm A

Verse 1:
 Em         G    A
I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi.
  Em         G       A
My girlfriend blows a boozy good-bye kiss.
   Em          G       A
I see flying squirrels and nightmares of stigmata.
   Em      G       A
Then awakening to find my Trans-Am gone.
      E       D       B
Still, I'm feeling pretty good about the future.
   Em      D        Bm
Yeah, everything is peaches but the cream.
  Em       D    B
I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi,
   Em        E        B
Where things is always better than they seem.

Chorus 1:
  E  G    A
Say shah ah ah ah ah la la la
Em        G        A
Things is always better than they seem. *overlap with previous line
E     G  A
Sha la la la la laa
                 Em  G A
Things is always better than they seem. *overlap with previous line

Verse 2:
    Em        G        A
I see the guitar that my cousin played in prison,
         Em      G   A
Floating with the tv in the swimming pool.
   Em       G      A
I'm calling for the owner of the motel,
   Em              A
Then noticing the bloodstain on the door.
   Em       D        B
I'm reaching for the shoes under the bushes,
    Em    D        B
Just in time to hear the sirens sing.
  E        D    Bm
I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi,
   Em        D     B
Where things is always better than they seem.

Chorus 2:
E     G  A
Sha la la la la la la la
Em        G        A
Things is always better than they seem.
E     G  A
Sha la la la la la la la
                  Em  G A
Things is always better than they seem. *overlap with previous line

Bridge:
     E
My trans-Am is missing
E    Em   D
My trans-Am is missing
     B
I guess no more kissing
           A E
take it over love my car
        G
My trans-Am is missing. My trans-Am is missing.
     B       A       Em  G A
There no more kissing the girls in my car

Verse 3:
     E        G      A
You know freedom's just a stupid superstition,
    Em                A
'cause life's a highway that you travel blind.
        Em       G      A
It's true that having fun's a terminal addiction.
       Em          G        A
What good is happiness, when it's just a state of mind?
      E      D    B
For in the prison of perpetual emotion,
     E        B        B
We're all shackled to the millstone of our dreams.
     E        D      B
Me, I'm handcuffed to a fence in Mississippi,
    E        D      B
Where things is always better than they seem.

Chorus 3:
E     G  A
Sha la la la la la la la
Em        G        A
Things is always better than they seem. *overlap with previous line
E     G  A
Sha la la la la la la la
Em        G        A
Things is always better than they seem. *overlap with previous line
E     G  A
Sha la la la la la la la
Em        G        A
Things is always better than they seem... seem... seem... seem.

Outro:
E G E7 E B Bm G
(Clapping and plucking)