C G C F I found no satisfaction in the lies I told to youC G C Am Anything is better than the cumbrance of the truthC F So I stole your last gold dollarC F Took everything I could findC G Went out west to gambleC F Drink out the trouble in mindF C G I crossed that deep muddy waterC F The last of my dignity and prideC G C G C Watched them sink down in the bottom of that eastern continental divide [chorus]F C F Now I plead here in your mercy, oh the shame that I brought on us allC G A beggar in the arms of charity, like Adam after the fallF C G And I leave you my apology, though I am doing my timeF C G C I never meant to hit the bottom of that eastern continental divide [verse]C G I thought I'd make our fortuneC F Make something outta nothing againC G Like I did when I first loved youC Am When I was an honest manC F Now my eyes are blacker than burned out tyresC F As I walk to the rising sunC G Too far gone for turning aroundC F Nothing left to be wonF C G I crossed that great smokey mountainC F From Tennessee to South CarolinaC G C G Am C Faded in the bottom of that eastern continental divide [chorus]F C F Now I plead here in your mercy, oh the shame that I brought on us allC G A beggar in the arms of charity, like Adam after the fallF C G And I leave you my apology, though I am doing my timeF C G Am You never will get over that eastern continental divideF G F C That eastern continental divide
Eastern Continental Divide
Cary Ann Hearst
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