Dark Side Of Town Chords & Lyrics - Eliza Gilkyson

N.C.
He was the [C]black sheep of the [F]family
How did [C]mama's pride and [F]joy
Go from[C] such a precious [F]baby
To the [G]devil's poster boy

I'm gonna [C]slick my hair like [F]Elvis
Roll my [C]cuffs like Jerry [F]Lee
If the [C]backbeat's born in [F]hell
Then that's the [G]place I want to be

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I'm gonna be a[F] midnight [C]rider
Gonna [F]burn my candle [C]down
[F]Following that [C]driving beat
To the [Am]dark side of [F]town [C] [F] [C] [F]

From the [C]barrooms of Deep [F]Elam
To a [C]crash-pad on the [F]Bay
He [C]spiralled slow and [F]steady down
A [G]lonely blue highway

I'm gonna [C]chase my beer with [F]whiskey
Stick a [C]needle in my [F]skin
I'm gonna [C]celebrate the [F]mystery
Of the [G]hole I've fallen in

[CHORUS]
'Cause I'm a[F] midnight [C]rider
Gonna [F]burn my candle [C]down
[F]Following that [C]driving beat
To the [Am]dark side of [F]town [C] [F] [C] [F]

He [C]loved that funky [F]music
He [C]knew the back road [F]scenes
Every [C]barbeque and [F]blues band
Between [G]here and New Orleans

[C]He put down the [F]bottle
Oc[C]tober Eighty-[F]nine
[C]Eased up on the [F]throttle
[G]Bought him a little time

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But he was a[F] midnight [C]rider
He [F]burned that candle [C]down
[F]Hangin' out on easy-[C]does-it street
On the [Am]dark side of [F]town [C] [F] [C] [F]

[C]Big Al settled [F]down along
The [C]banks of Onion [F]Creek
With a [C]pickup and a [F]hound dog
And a[G] little lucky streak

He [C]nursed that fragile [F]frame
Through the [C]hurricanes and [F]drought
It was a [C]summer wind that [F]came in
And [G]blew the candle out

[CHORUS]
'Cause he was a[F] midnight [C]rider
He [F]burned that candle [C]down
[F]Following that [C]driving beat
To the [Am]dark side of [F]town

[CHORUS]
Oh, you midnight [C]rider
I [F]know you're still a[C]round
[F]Hangin' out on [C]easy street
On the [Am]dark side of [F]town [C] [F] [C] [F]

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