Tuning:

E7 A7 B7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 076750 575685 797877 Song doesn't need to be in 7th's all the time, you can switch it up to your liking. Also, pinky action on the A7s and B7s optional...

^E7Three little boys were found in the river On a sw^A7eltering summer n^E7ight

Not one soul ever figured it out

Who c^B7reated that terrible sight Now s^E7omebody's gotten away with murder And a ^A7horrible of^E7fense But that's the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

T^E7hey didn't like the music I listened to They didn't ^A7like the way I d^E7ressed

They set me up with a forced confession

I ^B7never had a chance They threw the b^E7ook at me at my expense They ^A7got no common s^E7ense But that's the way they ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

[Refrain:]

^E7Yeah that's the way we d^B7o things in West Me^E7mphis That's the way we do things in West M^B7emphis ^E7It's never been any different So don't c^A7ome around here and try to mess with us 'Cause ^E7that's the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

^E7I was framed and sentenced To a life in prison For a c^A7rime I didn't co^E7mmit Wasn't nobody listened or r^B7ose to my defense ^E7Somebody planted the evidence And he's been l^A7ying ever s^E7ince But that's the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

^E7And after all these years they still refuse To s^A7ay what really h^E7appened

The crooked methods that they used

To f^B7rame an innocent man Are h^E7iding in the darkest secrets Behind e^A7very picket f^E7ence And that's the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

[Refrain:]

^E7Yeah that's the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis That's the way we do things in West M^B7emphis ^E7It's never been any different So don't c^A7ome around here and try to mess with us 'Cause ^E7that's the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

T^E7hat's just the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis That's just the way we ^B7do things in West M^E7emphis

Lucinda Williams - West memphis