[Intro] Am G D Am [Verse 1] Am G All my life I'd never been a lucky man D Saw the back of my daddy's hand Am Lost your momma to the promised land [Verse 2] Am G In my time I ain't never had a thing that's mine D Till they handed me a baby fine Am My little girl [Bridge 1] Am G There're only two things I know Dm Am I get ugly when the whiskey flows Dm Am Wanted you to know I love you so E And I would kill before I let you go [Chorus] Am Taking off for Mississippi G Wearing someone else's name D Brought you in this world and I E G Am can take you from it just the same Am If you leave for Mississippi G I will beat you at your game D Brought you in this world and I E G Am can take you from it just the same [Break] Am G D Am [Verse 3] Am My dear one G Heard your whispering your plans to run D Off to marry some rich man's son Am I bet he's never met a poor man's gun [Bridge 2] Am G In the darkness you could not see Dm Am The drunken devil instructed me Dm Am Two bullets in a crimson sea E Now I'm certain that you'll never be [Chorus] Am Taking off for Mississippi G Wearing someone else's name D Brought you in this world and I E G Am can take you from it just the same Am If you leave for Mississippi G I will beat you at your game D Brought you in this world and I E G Am can take you from it just the same [Break] Am G D Am Am G D E G Am [Verse 4] Am Grief and sin G When the righteousness of you sets in D And the blood in my veins begins Am to ramble on [Verse 5] Am Now I know we can't G stand and judge the execution man D But we all have to make a trembling stand Am before the sun Am G C Maple tree Am G C E Can your branches carry me Am G Before the war, before the wine Dm Am Before I stole what wasn't mine F/C E Am G D Am Can you bring my baby back to me