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David Nail
Missouri
I'm About To Come Alive
(Note:  The B in the  G/Bchord is hammered on throughout the song)
G-G/B- C(x4)
No-(G)-vember's  al-(G/B)-most  o-(C)-ver (G-G/B-C)
Gentle (G) winter's on (G/B) the (C) way  (G-G/B-C)
Still I (G) sit here on (G/B) this bal-(C)-cony (G-G/B-C)
Smoke my brain (G) away ( G/B- C)(G-G/B-C)
(D) Waiting on that phone to ring (C)
(D) Wondering which day that it will (C) be
Chorus:
Oh (F) Carrie, I pray one day (C) you'll go back home (G)
To the (F) warmth of Southern Geor-(C)-gia where you belong (G)
And (F) leave all the pain (C)  you've felt from (G) me (D/F#) here in (C) Missouri
(G-G/B-C) (X2)
Oh, you (G) were just (G/B) a young (C) girl (G-G/B-C)
And (G) I swore I (G/B) could (C) change (G-G/B-C)
Every day (G) that you (G/B) forgave (C) me(G-G/B) is just a-(C)-nother one you'll 
(G) waste (G/B-C) (G-G/B-C)
(D) You came here in search of something (C) true
(D) Looks like, girl, your searching isn't (C) through
Chorus (x1)
It's (D) hard to think that everything a-(C)-round her
To (D) know that won't be happy ever (C) after (D)
Chorus (x2)
Here in (G) Missouri (G/B-C) (G-G/B-C)
(G) Missouri  (G/B-C) (G-G/B-C)
Mis-(G)-souri (G/B-C) (G-G/B-C)

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Missouri

by David Nail

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Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

D/F#

David Nail

Missouri

I'm About To Come Alive

G/B

(Note: The B in the chord is hammered on throughout the song)

G G/B C

-- (x4)

G G/B C G G/B C

No-()-vember's al-()-most o-()-ver (--)

G G/B C G G/B C

Gentle () winter's on () the () way (--)

G G/B C G G/B C

Still I () sit here on () this bal-()-cony (--)

G G/B C G G/B C

Smoke my brain () away ( - )(--)

D C

() Waiting on that phone to ring ()

D C

() Wondering which day that it will () be

Chorus:

F C G

Oh () Carrie, I pray one day () you'll go back home ()

F C G

To the () warmth of Southern Geor-()-gia where you belong ()

F C G D/F# C

And () leave all the pain () you've felt from () me () here in () Missouri

G G/B C

(--) (X2)

G G/B C G G/B C

Oh, you () were just () a young () girl (--)

G G/B C G G/B C

And () I swore I () could () change (--)

G G/B C G G/B C

Every day () that you () forgave () me(-) is just a-()-nother one you'll

(G) waste (G/B-C) (G-G/B-C)

(D) You came here in search of something (C) true

(D) Looks like, girl, your searching isn't (C) through

Chorus (x1)

It's (D) hard to think that everything a-(C)-round her

To (D) know that won't be happy ever (C) after (D)

Chorus (x2)

Here in (G) Missouri (G/B-C) (G-G/B-C)

G G/B

() Missouri (G/B-C) (G--C)

G G/B

Mis-()-souri (G/B-C) (G--C)

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