Buffalo River Home Chords by John Hiatt

[G] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ [E] _
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[E] _ _ _ [B] I've been taking off and landing, _ but this [E] airport's closed. _ _
_ _ I'm a [A] skeptic of this fog is [E] gonna hit, but God [B] only knows. _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] Just when you think that you got a grip, [E] reality sneaks up, it [E] gets you [A] thirsty.
[E] Ask [B] if you ever [C#m] knew what [B] it was [A] taking [G#m] you down [F#m] the line.
[B] Traveling [E] through the coffee fields and bus shelters,
[A] all the sounds running out the skelter.
[E] Down to the _ [B] Mississippi [C#m] Delta, [B] where [A] no place but [B] Call Your Own.
_ [E] Pitches of drinks with mixed _ feelings, [A] all along the pain was peeling.
[E] Down to an [B] Indian landing [C#m] on a [B] pony, [A] no riding [G#m] up that [F#m] Shannon Mall.
_ _ Looking for [A] his Buffalo River [E] _ home. _
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[B] I've been circling the wagons down at [E] Pines Square, _ _ _ _
[A] trying to fill up this hole [E] in my soul, but nothing [B] fits _ there. _ _ _ _
[A] _ Just when you think you can let it rip, [E] you're pounding the pavement in your [A] daddy's wing [E] tips.
[B] Ask if you had [C#m] some place [B] else to go, [A] or a better [G#m] way [F#m] to get there.
[B] _
[E] Traveling through the cotton fields and bus shelters,
[A] all the sounds running out the skelter.
[E] Down to the [B] Mississippi [C#m] Delta, [B] with [A] no place but [B] Call Your Own. _
[E] Pitches of drinks with mixed _ feelings, [A] all along the pain was peeling.
[E] Down to an Indian [G#m] landing [C#m] on a [B] pony, with [A] no rider [G#m] in the Flesh and [F#m] Bone. _ _
_ Looking for [A] his Buffalo River [E] _ home. _ _ _ _ _
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Now _ _ _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ _ [B] there's only two things in life, but I forget [E] what they are. _ _
_ _ Seems [A] we're either hanging on a [E] moonbeam's cocktails, or wishing [B] on stars. _
_ _ _ [G] _ [A] Just when you think that you've been chipped,
[E] a bearded lady comes and does a [F#m] double [A] backflip.
[E] You run [D#] off and join [C#m] a circus, [B] yeah, you [A] just let [G#m] that pony [F#] _ [B] ride.
[E] Traveling through the cotton fields and bus shelters,
[A] all the sounds running out the skelter.
[E] Down to the _ [B] Mississippi [C#m] Delta, [B] with [A] no place but [B] Call Your Own.
_ [E] Mixing up drinks with mixed feelings, _ [A] all along the pain was peeling.
[E] Down to an [B] Indian landing [C#m] on a pony, [B] with [A] no rider [G#m] in the Flesh [F#m] and Bone.
_ _ Looking for [A] his Buffalo [D] River [E] home. _ _
_ _ _ Looking _ for his Buffalo River home. _ _
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