Almost There

E                      A        E
A busted bottle on the railroad tracks
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Walkin' and talkin' to that monkey on my back
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Catch that monkey try to throw him down
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But the monkey think it's funny just ridin' around

         A                 E
Down the road goin' nowhere
         B    A    G      E
Down the road almost there

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Ain't nobody livin' at the (Clinch?) Hotel
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Devil done been there took all my friends to Hell
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Hadn't been in the jail house he woulda got me
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Seen a black flag flyin' from a live oak tree

         A
Down the road goin' nowhere
         B    A    G      E
Down the road almost there

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Seen my mama last night she was sittin' by my bed
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Worried 'bout you son was the only thing she said
E             A         E
Ten years now mama been gone
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She's still tryin' to teach me what's right and what's wrong

         A                 E
Down the road goin' nowhere
         B    A    G      E
Down the road almost there
         A                 E
Down the road goin' nowhere
         B    A    G      E
Down the road almost there