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)