Old Crow Medicine Show – A World Away (Guitar)

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F G C x 2 [Verse]
            F     G                   C
I'm a world away, right outside your window

      F                        C                        G
I got money in my pocket and I Brought a nice bottle of wine

                   F     G             C
I think I'm on the list, do you see my name there?

            F                     G                       C
I've come a long hard way and I'm lookin' for a better time

          G
Oh well I tried to get over and I tried to get across

        F                            C
Now I'm standin' at the door but the door is locked

      G
I can see those pretty gals dosey-doe

      F                        G
I can hear that music from the radio

NC          F G C
I'm a world away

            F G C
I'm a world away

                F
Standin' at the gates

            G
With my suitcase

                C
But I'm a world away
F G C [Verse]
                     F      G                C
Hey it's a real nice place, do you need some help here?

      F                         C                G
I can sweep, I can paint, I can play a little violin

                   F   G                   C
If you let me stay, oh you won't need to worry

            F                        G                   C
I'll be the life of the party if you just let me slip on in

           G
Oh well, I wade in the river and I marched through the sand

      F                            C
Now I standin' at the gates of the Promised Land

           G
Oh but you say that you gotta leave 'em locked up tight

       F                               G
If you please, mister, I can sleep out here tonight
[Chorus]
NC            F G C
I'm a world away

            F G C
I'm a world away

                F
Standin' at the gates

            G
With my suitcase

                C
But I'm a world away
[Bridge]
            G
How can you know the hard times I've had?

     F
Kept waiting and almost left for dead

        Am
I got a needle streakin' in my veins

             G
I've come to sew a bright new star on the face of your flag

            F       G                   C
I'm a world away, right outside your window

      F                        C                        G
I got money in my pocket and I brought a nice bottle of wine

                   F     G             C
I think I'm on the list, do you see my name there?

            F                     C                    G
I've come a long hard way and I'm lookin' for a better time
[Chorus]
NC          F G C
I'm a world away

            F G C
I'm a world away

                F
Standin' at the gates

           G
With my suitcase

                F G C
But I'm a world away

            F G C
I'm a world away

                F
Standin' at the gates

            G
With my suitcase

                C
But I'm a world away
F G C x 2