Old Crow Medicine Show – A World Away chords

F G C x 2


[Verse]
            F     G                   CI'm a world away, right outside your window
      F                        C                        GI got money in my pocket and I Brought a nice bottle of wine
                   F     G             CI think I'm on the list, do you see my name there?
            F                     G                       CI've come a long hard way and I'm lookin' for a better time
          GOh well I tried to get over and I tried to get across
        F                            CNow I'm standin' at the door but the door is locked
      GI can see those pretty gals dosey-doe
      F                        GI can hear that music from the radio


NC          F G CI'm a world away
            F G CI'm a world away
                FStandin' at the gates
            GWith my suitcase
                CBut I'm a world away


F G C

[Verse]
                     F      G                CHey it's a real nice place, do you need some help here?
      F                         C                GI can sweep, I can paint, I can play a little violin
                   F   G                   CIf you let me stay, oh you won't need to worry
            F                        G                   CI'll be the life of the party if you just let me slip on in
           GOh well, I wade in the river and I marched through the sand
      F                            CNow I standin' at the gates of the Promised Land
           GOh but you say that you gotta leave 'em locked up tight
       F                               GIf you please, mister, I can sleep out here tonight


[Chorus]
NC            F G CI'm a world away
            F G CI'm a world away
                FStandin' at the gates
            GWith my suitcase
                CBut I'm a world away


[Bridge]
            GHow can you know the hard times I've had?
     FKept waiting and almost left for dead
        AmI got a needle streakin' in my veins
             GI've come to sew a bright new star on the face of your flag

            F       G                   CI'm a world away, right outside your window
      F                        C                        GI got money in my pocket and I brought a nice bottle of wine
                   F     G             CI think I'm on the list, do you see my name there?
            F                     C                    GI've come a long hard way and I'm lookin' for a better time


[Chorus]
NC          F G CI'm a world away
            F G CI'm a world away
                FStandin' at the gates
           GWith my suitcase
                F G CBut I'm a world away
            F G CI'm a world away
                FStandin' at the gates
            GWith my suitcase
                CBut I'm a world away


F G C x 2