Blitzen Trapper - Black River Killer transcribed by Ben Whitlock (whitty_bdb AT yahoo.com) (capo 4th fret) open position chord forms: Am Em C G D (actual chords: C#m G#m E B F#) Just one chord progression for the whole song, with two verse endings that hold the D an extra measure.

It was ^Amjust a little while past the ^Emsunset strip They ^Cfound the girl’^Gs body in an^D open pit Her ^Ammouth was sewn shut, but her ^Emeyes were still wide G^Cazing through the ^Gfog to the ot^Dher side

They booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail With no bail, sitting silent on a rusty pail Just gazing at the marks on the opposite wall Remembering the music of my lover’s call So you make no mistake I know just what it takes To pull a man’s soul back from heaven’s gates I’ve been wandering in the dark about as long as sin But they say it’s never too late to start again

Oh ^Amwhen, oh ^Emwhen Will the ^Cspirit come a ^Gcalling for my ^Dsoul to send? Oh ^Amwhen, oh ^Emwhen Will the ^Ckeys to the ^Gkingdom be ^Dmine again?

It was dark as the grave, it was just about three When the warden with his key came to set me free They gave me five dollars and a secondhand suit A pistol and a hat and a worn out flute So I took a bus down to the Rio Grande And I shot a man down on the edge of town Then I stole me a horse and I rode it around Til the sheriff pulled me in and he sat me down <hold D chord> He said, you make no mistake I know just what it takes To pull a man’s soul back from heaven’s gates I’ve been wandering in the dark about as long as sin But they say it’s never too late to start again Oh when, oh when Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to send? Oh when, Oh when Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again? Well the sheriff let me go with a knife and a song So I took the first train up to Oregon And I killed the first man that I came upon Because the devil works quick, you know it don’t take long <hold D chord> Then I went to the river ford to take a swim You know that black river water is as black as sin And I washed myself clean as a newborn babe And then I picked up a rock for to sharpen my blade Oh when, oh when Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to send? Oh when, oh when Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again? Oh when, oh when Will that black river water wash me clean again? Oh when, oh when Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?

Blitzen Trapper - Black river killer