Intro:
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I'm headed southbound
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Long way to go, down
           Am      
Where the weather 
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Don't suit my clothes
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Police can't catch me lord how they tried
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They always miss me when I'm passing by
            Am
I'm passing by

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I threw all my things in a vacant life  
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Down one last dollar boys and that is all I got
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Well I found all my friends just so I could say goodbye
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I couldn't hold it down, good god how I tried

Am                    F             E         
Some got religion and they just cant win
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Well I take too hard drinking and I push my feelings in
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I'm leaving town and all people that I know
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well I'm drunk as hell tonight and that freight train my home

          Am
Im headed southbound
F               E
Long way to go down
           Am      
Where the weather 
F             E
Don't suit my clothes
               Am     F               E
Police can't catch me lord how they tried
F                        E           G
They always miss me when I'm passing by
            Am
I'm passing by

Solo:  (X2)
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Rain's pouring hard makes those steel rails shine
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900 more miles and I'll be doing just fine
Am                                    F                 E
And if the moon and the stars are the only shelter that I know
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l guess I got this whole world and you to call my home
        Am 
Call my home

F E               Am
     You to call my home 
F E               Am
     You to call my home 
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