G A G D The air is getting hotter, there's a rumbling in the skiesG A I've been wading through the high muddy waterG D With the heat rising in my eyesAsm7-5 G Every day your memory grows dimmerEm D It doesn't haunt me like it did beforeG A I've been walking through the middle of nowhereG D Trying to get to heaven before they close the doorG A G D When I was in Missouri they would not let me beG A I had to leave there in a hurryG D I only saw what they let me seeAsm7-5 G You broke a heart that loved youEm D Now you can seal up the book and not write anymoreG A I've been walking that lonesome valleyG D Trying to get to heaven before they close the doorG A G D People on the platforms waiting for the trainsG A I can hear their hearts a-beatin'G D Like pendulums swinging on chainsAsm7-5 G When you think that you lost everythingEm D You find out you can always lose a little moreG A I'm just going down the road feeling badG D Trying to get to heaven before they close the door [Solo]| G | A | G | D | | G | A | G | D | | Asm7-5 | G | Em | D | | G | A | G | D | % |G A G D I'm going down the river, down to New OrleansG A They tell me everything is gonna be all rightG D But I don't know what "all right" even meansAsm7-5 G I was riding in a buggy with Miss Mary-JaneEm D Miss Mary-Jane got a house in BaltimoreG A I been all around the world, boysG D Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door [Verse 5]G A G D Gonna sleep down in the parlor and relive my dreamsG A I'll close my eyes and I wonderG D If everything is as hollow as it seemsAsm7-5 G Some trains don't pull no gamblersEm D No midnight ramblers, like they did beforeG A I been to Sugar Town, I shook the sugar downG D Now I'm trying to get to heaven before they close the door