Handcuffed To A Fence In Mississippi chords by Jim White

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA

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

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

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

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

Bridge:
     E MajorE
My trans-Am is missing
E MajorE    E minorEm   D MajorD
My trans-Am is missing
     BB
I guess no more kissing
           A augmentedA E MajorE
take it over love my car
        G+G
My trans-Am is missing. My trans-Am is missing.
     BB       A augmentedA       E minorEm  G+G A augmentedA
There no more kissing the girls in my car

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

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

Outro:
E MajorE G+G E7E7 E MajorE BB B minorBm G+G
(Clapping and plucking)