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Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out, on the road again, I'm on the road again.
         E                                                             G    A E
Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out, on the road again, I'm on the road again.
        E                                             G A E
I ain't got no woman, just to call my special friend.

             E                                                       G    A
You know the first time I traveled out, in the rain and snow, in the rain and 
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snow.
             E                                                       G    A 
You know the first time I traveled out, in the rain and snow, in the rain and 
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snow.
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I didn't have no payroll, not even no place to go.

       E                                                  G   A     E
And my dear mother left me when I was quite young, when I was quite young.
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And my dear mother left me when I was quite young, when I was quite young.
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She said "Lord have mercy, on my wicked son."

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       E                                                          G   A  E
Take a hint from me mama please, don't you cry no more, don't you cry no more.
       E                                                      G   A  E
Take a hint from me mama please, don't you cry no more, don't you cry no more.
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Cause it's soon one morning, down the road I'm gone.

        E                                            G  A  E
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away, got to go away
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And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away, got to go away
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All this fussing and fighting, man I sure can't stay.
 
      E                                             G  A E
But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road, all by myself.
      E                                             G  A E
But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road, all by myself.
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I can't carry you baby, gonna carry somebody else.

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