David Allan Coe - Merle and me

^GBack in 1953^D We stole a car old Merle And^A Me Never thinking we'd ^Gbe put in jail. ^{D G} You might say that we were green ^D I was barely seventeen ^A When they put those^G bars between o^Dld Merle And Me.

^GLate one night we hit the wall ^D Twenty feet we had to fall^A To the ground where we co^Guld craw into the weeds.^{D G}Waiting for that shotgun blast ^D Never thinking we could last ^A We sure had to ^Ggrow up fast, old Merle^D And Me.

^GWe were young and crazy then ^D It was easy to pretend ^A Acting like we'^Gd never been in reform sc^Dhool. ^GLooking danger in the eye ^D Walking with our heads held high ^A We were not a^Gfraid to die, old^D Merle And Me.

^GWe were living by the gun ^D Never caring what wed done ^A Swearing it was all just fun^G and gam^Des you know. ^GWe would die and go to hell^D Before we broke our vow to tell ^A

How we escaped th^Gat prison cell, old Mer^Dle And Me. ^GHow was Merle or Me to know ^D We would end up on death row ^A Waiting for our ^Gturn in the electric c^Dhair. ^GShot down in a grocery store ^D We got busted at the door ^A Praying wasn't ^Geasy for, old Merle ^DAnd Me.

^GWe were young and crazy then ^D It was easy to pretend ^A Acting like we'^Gd never been in reform sc^Dhool. ^GLooking danger in the eye ^D Walking with our heads held high ^A We were not a^Gfraid to die, old^D Merle And Me.