Delta Dirt Chords by Larry Gatlin

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_ I once was far away _ from the [Cm] place [Bb] where I was born and raised. _
[Gm] I suffered through the Oklahoma [Eb] drought and [C] through New York City's cold and [F] rainy [Bb] days.
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[Bb] Now these bright up front lines of power Thursday just [Eb] won't begin to [F] fill the [Bb] Mississippi range. _
Lord, I got _ [Eb] a debt, Lord, [C] a debt black [F] and dead.
[Bb] In my _ vein, [Ab] _ in my vein, got it [F] in my vein. _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ I'm _ _ going _ home this morning _ [Cm] if I [F] have to walk, [Bb] run or fly.
I [Gm] promise to be [F] sure as I'm [Eb] standing that [C] I'm never ever going to [Fm] say [Bb] goodbye.
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[Bb] Because this part of mine tells me I'm crazy to [Eb] keep on wearing [F] the city's [Gm] ball and [Bb] chain.
When I got that [Eb] tempter, Lord, [C] got that black man [F] down to tear down [Bb] my veins.
[Eb] Lord, New York [F] City is mighty [Gm] pretty if you don't mind what you see.
[C] But I took a hundred acres of black land [F] dirt over Detroit, New York [Fm] and they'll know I'm [Bb] gold.
Yes, mama, my [Eb] feet's got everything [F] on it to cure [G] my aches and [Bb] pains.
And I got _ [Eb] that tempter, Lord, I [Gm] got that black man [F] down to tear down [Bb] my veins.
I got it in [Ab] my vein, I got it in [Eb] my vein.
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