Melissa Chords by The Allman Brothers Band

[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [F#] _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [A] Crossroads seem [E] to come and _ go.
_ [F#m] _ [A] _
_ [E] Gypsy flies from coast to [A] coast. _
_ _ [Bm] Knowing many [A] loving [D] none,
_ [E] _ [F#m] Bearing sorrow, [E] having fun.
[A] _
_ [C] _ But back home you'll [B] always run
To sweet [E] _ _ mother's _ [A] _ _
[C#m] house.
[E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
_ _ Great train, [F#m] _ _
each car [E] looks the _ same.
[F#m] All the same.
_ [E] And no one knows who [F#m] keeps his name.
[E] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] No one hears his [A] lonely sigh.
[D]
There [E] _ [F#m] are no blankets [E] where he [A] lies.
_ [C] Lord in deepest dreams a [B] gypsy flies
To [E] sweet mother's house.
[A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ Again _ _ _ _ _ _ the morning [D] comes,
Again he's on the [A] run.
Sunbeams shining through his [B] hair,
Preparing not to have a [C#m] care.
Pick up your gear and [A] gypsy roll _ [B] on.
Oh, _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] crossroads, _
[A] Will you [E] ever let him go?
_ [F#m] _ No, no.
[E] _ Will you have the [F#m] dead man's ghost?
[A] _ Nor [Bm] will he last [A] beneath the [D]
clays.
[E] _ [F#m] Will his spirit [E] float [A] away?
_ [C] _ But I know that [B] he won't stay Without [E] Melissa.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ Yes, I know that he [B] won't stay _ [F#m] [E] Without Melissa. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ No, [F#m] no. _ _
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