Middle Ground chords

[G]Well I gotta get out, right now, what in the world to do
[C]Seems I stole a ghost the away from [G]you
[D]Shame my mother with the burden of a murdering [G]son
[G]Well I'm headed out west, blazing a trail, gonna run clean out of my shoes
[C]I'll keep running 'til the bottom of my feet are [G]bruised
[D]Uncle told me once about a place called the middle [G]ground

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[G]Well way over yonder past the Ohio River you can eat like a woodland king
[C]There's fish in the water like you ain't never [G]seen
[D]Ain't no man hungry in the bounty of the middle [G]ground
[G]You can eat on elk, eat on deer, you can eat on ring-tailed coon
[C]There's all kinds of critters in the dark won't eat on [G]you
[D]Ain't no man hungry in the bounty of the middle [G]ground

[C]Well the church yard brought the bull around the mountain turned the murderer on the [G]run
[D]Pray my momma and the lord in heaven can forgive me for the things I've done
[C]There ain't no jury in the middle ground, in the middle ground a boy is [G]free
[D]So goodbye momma I'm going to the middle [G]ground

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[C]Well I know his friends and his next of kin will love to watch me [G]swing
[D]And I may be sorry that I ain't so sorry that I'm never gonna let them see
[C]There ain't no jury in the middle ground, in the middle ground a boy is [G]free
[D]So goodbye momma I'm going to the middle [G]ground

[G]Well I gotta get out, right now, what in the world to do
[C]Seems I beat the brakes right off of [G]you
[D]Sent you early to the maker of the middle [G]ground
[D]So goodbye momma I'm going to the middle g[G]round