Take ‘Em Away
By Old Crow Medicine Show
Chorus
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Take 'em away, take
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'em away, Lord
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Take away these chains from
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me
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My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not
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free
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Lord take away these chains from me
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Verse
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Some birds' feathers are too bright to be
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caged
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I know I'm not that colorful but a bird just the
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same
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Open up your gate now, let me put down my
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load
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So I can feel at ease and go back to my home
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Chorus *
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Take 'em away, take
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'em away, Lord
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Take away these chains from
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me
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My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not
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free
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Lord take away these chains from me
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Verse
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Sun beatin' down, my legs can't seem to
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stand
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There's a boss man at a turnrow with a rifle in his
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hand
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I've got nine children, nothin' in the
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pan
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My wife she died hungry while I was plowin' land
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Chorus *
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Take 'em away, take
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'em away, Lord
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Take away these chains from
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me
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My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not
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free
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Lord take away these chains from me
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Verse
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Can't see when I go to work, can't see when I get
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off
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How do you expect a man not to get
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lost
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Every year I just keep getting deeper in
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debt
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If there's a happy day, Lord, I haven't seen one yet
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Chorus *
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Take 'em away, take
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'em away, Lord
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Take away these chains from
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me
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My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not
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free
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Lord take away these chains from me
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Verse
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Land that I love is the land that I'm work
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in'
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But it's hard to love it all the time when your back is a-
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hurtin'
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Gettin' too old now to push this here
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plow
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Please let me lay down so I can look at the clouds
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Chorus *
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Take 'em away, take
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'em away, Lord
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Take away these chains from
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me
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My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not
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free
D
Lord take away these chains from me
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Verse
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Land that I know is where two rivers coll
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ide
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The Brazos the Navaso and the big blue
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sky
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Flood plains, freight trains, watermelon
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vines
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Of any place on God's green earth, this is where I choose to die
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Chorus *
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Take 'em away, take
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'em away, Lord
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Take away these chains from
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me
D
My heart is broken 'cause my spirit's not
G
free
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Lord take away these chains from me
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