*indicates a hammer on string 5 on the Em

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
            
Daddy wanted m

/          
e to leave it,

       
 Indiana, Indi

         
ana in the col

  
d
             
Said "you know

              
 you really do

             
n't need it, l

          
eave the fame 

              
for the road"
          
I remember whe

#           
n I was leavin

        
g,    I was on

         
ly six years o


ld
             
Oh how my hear

              
t was beatin',

         
 about ready t

         
o explode


[Chorus]
             
One shot honey

            
 collect it al

             
l, the dust in

          
side the ruste

d souls
             
You should get

              
 a ride cause 

            
you can't cont

             
rol the heart 

             
that beats und

er the bone
             
Come on my com

              
bat chameleon 

            
give it up, yo

              
u've got your 

             
life to attend

     
 to, buttercup

,
             
you're enterta

              
ining the talk

            
 that is told 

              
through the te

           
eth of the mou

ths of
             
the millions d

              
yin' to meet y

      
a -
             
Little do they

      
 know

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[Verse 2]
             
The Mississipp

          
i river won't 

          
kill you, unle

*          
ss you stand t

       
oo close my de

ar
              
Take you to Lo

          
uisiana a long

             
 long way from

  
 here
             
And the war's 

          
been a long ti

         
me coming, yes

          
 a long long w

       
ar's gonna com

e
             
We're standing

              
 at the end of

              
 a story, at t

         
he foot of a p

          
alindrome


[Chorus]
             
One shot honey

            
 collect it al

             
l, the dust in

          
side the ruste

d souls
             
You should get

              
 a ride cause 

            
you can't cont

             
rol the heart 

             
that beats und

er the bone
             
Come on my com

              
bat chameleon 

            
give it up, yo

              
u've got your 

             
life to attend

     
 to, buttercup

,
             
you're enterta

              
ining the talk

            
 that is told 

              
through the te

           
eth of the mou

ths of
             
the millions d

              
yin' to meet y

      
a -
              
Little do they

       
 know

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