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The old plantation has been abandoned 
            A                   E   
The love is gone, yeah, the love is gone 
  E
New hieroglyphics braid the columns 
           A                     E
Kids on the “M” train baptize the lawns 

E
Your floating jukebox stuck on "I'll Get You" 
        A                        E
So lost at sea, yeah, so lost at sea 
  E
You took the rations, you man the spyglass 
            A                 E
So far from Memphis,  rivers from me 

   A                 E         C#m    G#m   F#m        E
But did you ever really try to peel away the sky?     Neither did I 
     
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The master bedroom, its shutters hanging  
            A              E
It's no museum, it's no museum 
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The fields are barren but for a bonfire  
       A                  E
A pile of empties in the mausoleum 
   
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But did you ever really try to peel away the sky?      Neither did I 

E                                  
God bless the shelter, so bruised and battered 
             A                   E
God bless the day, God bless the days 
 E
The old plantation is like a sore now 
             A                  E
A home for maggots, but don't turn away 
   
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Don't turn away until you try  To peel away the sky (x2)