G
Well I gotta get out, right now, what in the world to do
CG
Seems I stole a ghost the away from you
DG
Shame my mother with the burden of a murdering son
G
Well I'm headed out west, blazing a trail, gonna run clean out of my shoes
CG
I'll keep running 'til the bottom of my feet are bruised
DG
Uncle told me once about a place called the middle ground
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Well way over yonder past the Ohio River you can eat like a woodland king
CG
There's fish in the water like you ain't never seen
DG
Ain't no man hungry in the bounty of the middle ground
G
You can eat on elk, eat on deer, you can eat on ring-tailed coon
CG
There's all kinds of critters in the dark won't eat on you
DG
Ain't no man hungry in the bounty of the middle ground
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CG
Well the church yard brought the bull around the mountain turned the murderer on the run
D
Pray my momma and the lord in heaven can forgive me for the things I've done
CG
There ain't no jury in the middle ground, in the middle ground a boy is free
DG
So goodbye momma I'm going to the middle ground
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CG
Well I know his friends and his next of kin will love to watch me swing
D
And I may be sorry that I ain't so sorry that I'm never gonna let them see
CG
There ain't no jury in the middle ground, in the middle ground a boy is free
DG
So goodbye momma I'm going to the middle ground
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G
Well I gotta get out, right now, what in the world to do
CG
Seems I beat the brakes right off of you
DG
Sent you early to the maker of the middle ground
DG
So goodbye momma I'm going to the middle ground
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.