Chords for Michael Allman "Melissa"

_ [G#] Thank you guys so much for coming out.
[A] I'm sorry it cost [A#] so much to come in the door, but thank you [G] very much. _ _ _
And thank God this [E] place is one of the few that still keeps rock and [N] roll coming to play every night. _ _ _ _ _
Holy shit, you found something good or something? _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ Oh my, you [B] two, you have to [E] answer for me. _ _
Carry on, this is going to be beautiful.
_ [Em] My [D#] father's doing very well, he just had [D] that liver transplant.
[E] _ _ I guess everybody in the building knows that.
_ _ But he's doing quite well.
_ _ _ [G] _ [G#] And no matter what you think, I will always sing [A#] my father's songs. _
If I was a woman, I would fix your pipes.
If I was a dentist, [D#m] I would pull your teeth.
_ [A] But I'm not.
[E] I'm the son of [A] the baddest man that ever lived.
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[D#] _ _ And [A] on that note, I will put my drinks down on the table.
_ _ My father's a bad man, and you guys are all right.
That's what we do.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
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_ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [A] _ _
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_ _ I'm just a [E] stream on the side. _
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_ [E] _ _ _ Freedom, _ [C#m] _
_ peace, [G#m] consciousness. _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ All my life, [E] _ _
no one knows [C#m] this place. _
_ [A] _ No [Bm] one here has a [C#m] soul.
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#m] All my life, I've been [G#m] waiting [A] here.
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_ Lord, I was deep in sin, [B] I'm just a fly.
_ [E] I'm so sick of this pain. _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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[E] _ _ And the morning [D] comes, I realize my mind.
[A] _ Slowly the silence fills [B] me.
But even as you have [G#] a care, _ _
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Go [E] on, _ _ _ go on.
[C#m] _ _ _ Will you have a [G#m] hand in this?
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[E] _ _ Will you have a [C#m] hand in this?
_ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] Will you love [G#] me?
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _
Will [C#m] you stay?
[E] _ Slowly.
[A] _ _
_ [C] _ Yes, I know [B] you won't stay.
_ [E] Without me. _ _ _
_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Yes, I know [B] you won't stay. _ _
_ [A] [E] Without me. _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ Yes, _ [C] _
_ I know [Bm] you won't stay. _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ Without [E] me.
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_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ Without [C#m] me.
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_ [G] All _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ right, so I guess I [F#] need a band up here.
_ [G] _ You guys build some money, we need some music to