ANGRY JOHNNY AND THE KILLBILLIES - Life, Love, Death And The Meter Man

He was ^Gholding the McCulloch When he knocked upon her ^Cdoor Yesterday she ^Gsaid she didnâ?^D?t love hi^Gm anymore

But it wasnât her who answered

It was some guy he didnâ?^C?t know So he fired up that ^Gchainsaw and he ^Dlaid that sucker ^Glow So he ^Cfired up that ^Gchainsaw and he ^Dlaid that sucker ^Glow

But when he saw the clipboard lying

in the severed ^Chand He realized that ^Ghe just limbed from ^Dlimbed the meter ^Gman

Heard the sirens coming, and he sat

down on the ^Csteps Shut off his Mc^GCulloch and he ^Dlit a ciga^Grette ^CShut off his Mc^GCulloch and he ^Dlit a ciga^Grette

The verdict, it was guilty and they said

"youâ?^C?re gonna fry" He ^Gdidnât see^D her in the back row, ^Cdidnât hear^G her cry

All that he could see was the terrified

face of the meter ^Cman The moment that he ^Gsent him packing ^Dto the promised ^Gland ^CThe moment that he ^Gsent him packing ^Dto the promised ^Gland

They led him down the hallway,

and the priest said him a ^Cprayer He wasnât none^G too happy, but he ^Dknew that fair was ^Gfair

Still heâd like to thank the meter man,

for ^Ccoming to the ^Gdoor Otherwise his true love ^Dwould be lying ^Cscattered on the ^Gfloor Other^Gwise his true love ^Dwould be lying ^Cscattered on the ^Gfloor And as for her, she never loved a^Cgain, no not one ^Gtime And though she broke his ^Cheart and led him ^Dto this ghastly ^Gcrime

She prayed each day theyâd be

together ^Con the other ^Gside And she cried herself to ^Csleep each night un^Dtil the day she d^Gied She cried herself to slee^Cp each night until ^Dthe day she d^Gied

Angry Johnny and the Killbillies - Life love death and the meter man