Intro -

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 I take a breath and turn the key
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 I never guessed this would take all of Me
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 One more look at what I'm  leaving behind
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 This cloud of dust is  My goodbye

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It's a long, long road to independence
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But I'm leaving You for Tennessee
          Am            G
I've got demons riding shotgun -
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Telling Me not to go
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But what They don't know -
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Is I'm already gone
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   I'm already gone

Am                        F
 They say it's easier as time goes by
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 Why won't these tears stop rolling from My eyes
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 Letting You go wasn't  what I planned
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 With every mile the more I understand

        C         Am          F
It's a long, long road to independence
        C       F             G
But I'm leaving You for Tennessee
          Am            G
I've got demons riding shotgun -
        C          F
Telling Me not to go
         Dm   C     F
But what They don't know -
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Is I'm already gone
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 I'm already gone

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And I almost turned around on highway 65
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'n' In Arkansas I pulled up at a truck stop just to cry
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I put Myself together at the Chatham County Line
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And I thought about My heartache and all the reasons why 
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I should drive..
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Just drive..

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It's a long, long road to independence
        C       F             G
But I'm leaving You for Tennessee
          Am            G
I've got demons riding shotgun -
        C          F
Telling Me not to go
         Dm    C    F
But what They don't know -
         Dm   C     F
No what They don't know
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Is I'm already gone
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   I'm already gone
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   I'm already gone