E (2x) B (2x) E(4x)
Intro
[E]
If it's not where you're from
But what you had where you happened to come from
[B7]
More or less I'd say that I had none
[A] [E]
Eatin' and drinkin' would be all that I do
And if it's not what you do
But what you got, then I got less
[B7]
And out of loving or playing, I like loving the best
[A] [E]
Now baby, take me with you when you go
Chorus
[A]
Take me to the bridge where the rivers collide
Down in Cairo, Illinois on a Saturday night
[B] (1x) [B7]
I might jump in
[A]
Everyone wants to hear a song
That helps the day seem half as long
[E]
But I'm trying
[B7] [B] [E]
I want you to see that I'm trying, babe
Verse 1
[E]
If you've lost your ticket to paradise
Or you spent your money for the bus
[E]
It's cold coffee in the morning, slow trumpet at dusk
[A] [E]
Now baby, catch that old midnight train
Bridge
(single strums on noted intevals)
[E]
Down by the levee
Where you swear God's got you shamed
[B]
Just cast your doubts and the mistakes that you've made
[A]
Into that old wishing well, well well well well
[E]
Don't the river look lonesome at twilight?
[E]
Well, there ain't no looking back
[B]
It's just a broken fiddle and an old tote sack
[A] [E] [E7]
In the morning you'll be going south
Chorus
[B] [B7] [E]
I want you to feel like I'm trying, babe, oh yes, I want you to know that I'm trying
