Melissa Chords by The Allman Brothers Band

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