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Moses Pain

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[Verse]
GMoses Cpain takes your bag and head on in to the cityG  
GIt loCoks like they could use another troubadourG  
GAll thDme fair ladies there, tChey'll be begging for mercyG  
GDon't Dmforget your chambermaiCd she's waiting on the sevenGth floor
[Verse]
GThey Cwanna show you to high cotton when you sing about slaveryG  
GThey Cwanna sell and reproduce your golden morguesG  
GThey wanna geDmt down to the bottom oCf what it is that propeGlls you
GThey'lDml never know that hard Cluck road you've been oGn
[Verse]
GThey Cjust remember that country doctor with the twitching eyelGids
GThe oCne who showed you, Moses, how you where gonnGa get to heaven
GOne who brougDmht you your mothers woCrld just to scrap it anGd sing it
GAnd thDme one who you will meeCt, Moses, when you make a Gbad call
[Verse]
GOne made Cyou see that maiden in the dooGrway
GShe was Csummoning you to travel on loves sweet two lane Ghighway
GJust remember Dmthe art of war and thCem affairs down in EdenG  
GDon't Dmbecome the type of perCson that you told me you would never beGcome
[Verse]
GAnd there Cin the paradise when you put Gyour pin to the page
GAnd beaCuty never knew the world until you came of ageG  
GThere clowns Dmwhispering if thunder Cwhispering with rainG  
GKeep wDmriting those sweet rugged melodies of loveC  
CIf Moses' allright the legend of painG  C  G  
[Outro]
  GKeep Con riding            GX 7

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Moses Pain

by Jonathan Wilson

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[Verse]

G C G

Moses pain takes your bag and head on in to the city

G C G

It looks like they could use another troubadour

G Dm C G

All the fair ladies there, they'll be begging for mercy

G Dm C G

Don't forget your chambermaid she's waiting on the seventh floor

[Verse]

G C G

They wanna show you to high cotton when you sing about slavery

G C G

They wanna sell and reproduce your golden morgues

G Dm C G

They wanna get down to the bottom of what it is that propells you

G Dm C G

They'll never know that hard luck road you've been on

[Verse]

G C G

They just remember that country doctor with the twitching eyelids

G C G

The one who showed you, Moses, how you where gonna get to heaven

G Dm C G

One who brought you your mothers world just to scrap it and sing it

G Dm C G

And the one who you will meet, Moses, when you make a bad call

[Verse]

G C G

One made you see that maiden in the doorway

G C G

She was summoning you to travel on loves sweet two lane highway

G Dm C G

Just remember the art of war and them affairs down in Eden

G Dm C G

Don't become the type of person that you told me you would never become

[Verse]

G C G

And there in the paradise when you put your pin to the page

G C G

And beauty never knew the world until you came of age

G Dm C G

There clowns whispering if thunder whispering with rain

G Dm C

Keep writing those sweet rugged melodies of love

C G C G

If Moses' allright the legend of pain

[Outro]

G C G

Keep on riding X 7

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