Melissa Chords by The Allman Brothers Band

[Start]

[Intro]
E C#m7 Emaj7 E
■ ■    ■     ■


[Verse]
F#m7                        E  F#m7 E
Crossroads seem to come and go yeah ■
                              F#m7 
The gypsy flies from coast to coast
A Bm7                 A    Amaj7 D E
■ Knowing many loving none ■     ■ ■
F#m7           E      Emaj7 A
Bearing sorrow havin' fun   ■
C                            B  
■ But back home he'll always run
         E      
To sweet Melissa
F#m7 Emaj7 F#m7 E
■    ■     ■    ■
        F#m7                     Emaj7 F#m7             
Freight train each car looks the same  ■    all the same
E                              F#m7 E
■ And no one knows the Gypsy's name ■


[Chorus]
A        Bm7              C#m   D
■ No one hears his lonely sighs ■
E              F#m7              Emaj7 A
■ There are no blankets where he lies  ■
C                  Cmaj7            B    
In all his deepest dreams the Gypsy flies
           E      
With sweet Melissa
F#m7 G#m7 Emaj7 F#m7 A E
■    ■    ■     ■    ■ ■
                    D   
Again the morning's come
                  A  
Again he's on the run
                             B   
Sunbeams shining through his hair
                        C#m 
Appearing not to have a care
                                 A       B    B7 B E   
Well pick up your gear and Gypsy roll on roll ■  ■ ■ on


[Verse]
F#m7                         E   Emaj7 E F#m7  E 
Crossroads will you ever let him go    ■ No no no
                       F#m7  A      
Will you hide the dead man's ■ ghost
           Bm7 C#m         Amaj7
Or will he lie beneath the clay 
D  E          F#m7   Emaj7 A   
Or ■ will his spirit float away
C Cmaj7                    B            E       F#m7
■ But I know that he won't stay without Melissa ■   


[Chorus]
Cmaj7                          B7   B         E      
■     Yes I know that he won't stay ■ without Melissa


[Solo]
F#m7 E F#m7 E F#m7 E F#m7 E
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[Outro]
F#m7 E G#m7 Emaj7 F#m7 E F#m7 G#m7
■    ■ ■    ■     ■    ■ ■    ■   
Emaj7 F#m7 A E F#m7 E
■     ■    ■ ■ ■    ■
Emaj7 E Emaj7
■     ■ ■