A World Away chords

Old Crow Medicine Show

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Simplify chords 

  			Intro: F G C  (x2) 


Verso 1: 
            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 

Verso 2: 
                     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 


 
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 


Ponte:
            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 


 
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  (x2)