Chords for Melissa

_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] Crossroads _ [E]
seem to come and go
[F#] _ Yeah
[A] _
_ [E] _ Gypsy flies from [F#] coast to [A] coast
_ _ [Bm] Knowing many [A] loving _ [D]
hearts
[E] _ Bearing sorrow, having fun
[A] _
_ [C] _ But back home you [B] always run
To [E] sweet Melissa
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
_ _ Freight [F#m] train, _ [C#m]
each car [E] looks the _ same
[F#m] _ All the same
[E] _ No one knows the [F#m] gypsy's name
[E] _
_ [A] _ [Bm] No one hears his [C#m] lonely sigh
[D] _
_ [E] There are no blankets where he [A] lies
_ [C] Loving Jesus dreams the [B] gypsy flies
To [E] sweet Melissa
_ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ Mmmmm _
_ _ Again the morning [D] comes
Again he's on the [A] run
Sunbeams shining through his [B] hair
Failing not to have a [C#m] care
Pick up your gear and [A] gypsy roll on
[B] The road, _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] crossroads
Will you [E] ever let him _ go?
[F#m] No, [C#m]
no
[E] Or will you hide the [F#m] dead man's [A] ghost?
Nor [Bm] will he last [A] beneath the [D]
plain
[E] Or will his spirit [G#m] float [A] away?
_ [C] But I know that he [B] won't stay
Without [E] Melissa
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [C] Yes, I know that he [B] won't stay
[F#]
Without [E] Melissa
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_ [E] _ _ No, [F#] no _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _
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