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[Verse 1]

I'd never tell a man to ask my Daddy for my hand
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I've got a thousand tales about the temper of that man

He'd shoot a man who came within a mile of my young frame
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But I know that you will take the risk so I can take your name


[Pre-Chorus]
       Dm                                               Am
You've got the ring, I've got the keys and sixty miles ahead
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Iuka, Mississippi, where the two of us will wed


[Chorus]
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 
         Am
'Fore he knows the two of us have up and gone
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 
       B                       E
We can run away and never come home
          Am
Never come home


[Verse 2]

My daddy finally knocked a little sense right into me
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So, I asked around until I found the Justice of the Peace

The bruises on my body can't be hidden anymore
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So park your car upon the hill, I'm headed out the door


[Pre-Chorus]
     Dm                                      Am
Step easy so my daddy doesn't hear us sneak away
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Hang around, he'll shoot you down, that's why we just can't stay


[Chorus]
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 
         Am
'Fore he knows the two of us have up and gone
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 
       B                       E
We can run away and never come home


[Bridge]
Dm
Follow close behind me, not much further now
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Oh, it's just a shadow, I didn't hear a sound
Dm
Ain't no way he heard us, ain't no way he'll come
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I hear someone breathing, hold my hand and run____


[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]

Somewhere in the river there's a gun the devil owned
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Somehow everybody knew that everything was wrong

A noose up in the maple tree, the old man's gonna pay
        N.C.
Two headstones for two lovers who finally got away


[Chorus]
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 
         Am
'Fore he knows the two of us have up and gone
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 
       B                       E
We can run away and never come home


[Chorus]
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 
         Am
'Fore he knows the two of us have up and gone
Dm
Take me down to Iuka, Mississippi 
       B                       E
We can run away and never come home
          Am
Never come home

Never come home
Am
Never come home