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THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND


Melissa

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Intro/Main Pattern:

E                 F#m/C#

E--------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------- G----1---1--1--1--1------2---2--2--2--2------- D----2---2--2--2--2------4---4--4--4--4------- A----2---2--2--2--2------4---4--4--4--4------- E---------------------------------------------

G#m/Eb              F#m/C#

E--------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------- G----4---4--4--4--4------2---2--2--2--2------- D----6---6--6--6--6------4---4--4--4--4------- A----6---6--6--6--6------4---4--4--4--4------- E---------------------------------------------

Fill 1: E-----9---7----------------------------------- B-------------9---7--------------------------- G---------------------9---(9)----------------- D--------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------

E        F#m/C#            G#m/Eb F#m/C#

Crossroads seems will come and go    yeah

E                            F#m/C#

The gypsy flies from coast to coast

A      B           C#m  D

Knowing many  loving none

E       F#m           G#m  A

Bearing sorrow  having fun

Cmaj7                        B

But back home you'll always run E   F#m/C#  G#m/D#  F#m/C# (Fill 1) To sweet Melissa         Hmmm

E            F#m/C#             G#m/Eb      F#m/C#

Freight trains  each car looks the same all the same

E                           F#m/C#

And no one knows the gypsy's name

A      B               C#m   D

No one hears his lonely sighs

E           F#m              G#m  A

There are no blankets where he lies

Cmaj7                                  B

Love in the deepest dreams the gypsy cries

E   F#m/C#  G#m/Eb  F#m/C#

For sweet Melissa         Hmmm

E

Again the mornin's come

D

Again he's on the run

A

Sunbeams shinin' through his hair

B

Better not to have a care

C#m

Well pick up your gear

A        B

And gypsy roll on  roll on

E        F#m/C#               G#m/Eb F#m/Eb

Crossroads  will you ever let him go   no no no

E                           F#m/C#

Will you hide the dead man's ghost

A            B        C#m           D

Lord or will he lie beneath the plain

E            F#m        G#m  A

Or will his spirit fall away

Cmaj7                      B

But I know that he won't stay

E   F#m/C#

Without Melissa

Cmaj7                      B

Yes I know that he won't stay

E   F#m/C#  G#m/Eb  F#m/C#

Without Melissa (Outro: E F#m/C# G#m/D# F#m/C# w/ad lib lead) Repeat and fade