C           G/B            Am     F
  You got a way about you, baby
C         G/B            Am              F
  I got a hunger for you that is killin' me
C           G/B                Am           F
  I'm gonna want you till they lay me in my grave
C                     G/B             Am            F
  You can put on your Sunday suit and dance in my parade


[Chorus]
        C        G/B             Am          F
I could die in a flood, sheddin' blood, or a fire
   C       G/B    Am
If I don't die of desire
   C       G        C
If I don't die of desire


[Verse]
C           G/B         Am           F
  I saw the Mississippi when I was a child
C           G/B            Am            D
  Wanted to jump into that river runnin' wild
C         G/B              Am             F
  My mama told me when she took me in her arms
C            G/B                Am            F
  All of the things we long for come to do us harm


[Chorus]
        C        G/B             Am          F
I could die in a flood, sheddin' blood, or a fire
   C       G/B    Am
If I don't die of desire
   C       G         C
If I don't die of desire


[Solo]
C G/B Am  F
C G/B Am
C  G  C


[Bridge]
          F            Am     C             G
When they lay me in my grave, They're gonna say
             Am 
that I lived right
              G              Dm
They're gonna cry for me all night
              F
They're gonna laugh
G
   at my epitaph


[Chorus]
        C           G/B           Am           F
You can live like a king; you can sing in the choir
    C      G/B     Am
But we all die of desire
C      G       C
We all die of desire