Melissa (chromatic)

MELISSA
By: Gregg Allman
Allman Brothers Band
Key: E

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Cross-roads seem to come and go, yeah 
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the gyp-sy flies, from coast to coast. 
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Know-in man- y lov-in  none, 
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bear-ing sor-row  hav-ing   fun
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but back home he’ll al-ways run, 
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to sweet Me-lis-sa. 

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Freight train, each car looks the same, 
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all the same.  
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And no one knows the gyp-sys  name 
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No one hears his lone-ly   si-gh, 
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there_are no blank-ets where he   lies. 
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In all his deep-est dreams the gyp-sy flies, 
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with sweet Me-lis-sa.    Mm
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A-gain the morn-ing’s come
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A-gain he’s on the run
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Sun-beams shin-ing through his hair, 
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ap-pear-ing not to have a care, 
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Well, pick up your gear 
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and gyp-sy  roll   on,    roll  on. 

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Cross-roads, will you ev-er let_him   go?   
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Will you hide the dead man’s ghost?   
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Or will he  lie  be-neath the   clay?  
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Or will his spir-it roll a-  way? 
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But I know that he won’t stay, 
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with-out Me-lis-sa.  
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Yes I know that he won’t stay,
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With-out Me-lis- sa