Tryin To Get To Heaven chords

Capo 3rd

[VERSE 1]
[F]The air is getting hotte[G]r
[F]There’s a rumbling in the sk[C]ies
[F]I’ve been wading through the high muddy [G]water
[F]With the heat rising in my [C]eyes
[Am]Every day your memory grows d[F]immer
[Dm]It doesn’t haunt me like it [C]did before
[F]I’ve been walking through the middle of n[G]owhere
[F]Tryin' to get to heaven before they [C]close the door

[VERSE 2]
[F]When I was in Mis[G]souri
[F]They would not let me [C]be
[F]I had to leave there in a [G]hurry
[F]I only saw what they [C]let me see
[Am]You broke a heart that [F]loved you
[Dm]Now you can seal up the book and not [C]write anymore
[F]I’ve been walking that lonesome [G]valley
[F]Tryin' to get to heaven before they [C]close the door

[VERSE 3]
[F]People on the [G]platforms
[F]Waiting for the [C]trains
[F]I can hear their hearts a-[G]beatin’
[F]Like pendulums swinging on [C]chains
[Am]I tried to give you e[F]verything
[Dm]That your heart was longing [C]for
[F]I’m just going down the road [G]feeling bad
[F]Tryin' to get to heaven before they [C]close the door

[VERSE 4]
[F]I’m going down the [G]river
[F]Down to New Or[C]leans
[F]They tell me everything is gonna be [G]all right
[F]But I don’t know what "all right” [C]even means
[Am]I was riding in a buggy with Miss [F]Mary-Jane
[Dm]Miss Mary-Jane got a house in [C]Baltimore
[F]I been all around the [G]world, boys
Now I’m [F]tryin' to get to heaven before they [C]close the door

[VERSE 5]
[F]Gonna sleep down in the [G]parlor
[F]And relive my [C]dreams
[F]I’ll close my eyes and I [G]wonder
[F]If everything is as hollow [C]as it seems
[Am]Some trains don't pull no [F]gamblers
[Dm]No midnight ramblers like they [C]did before
[F]I been to Sugar Town, I [G]shook the sugar down
Now I’m [F]tryin' to get to heaven before they [C]close the door