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CAPO II G:300033 F#:200033 E:022033 Cadd9:x32033 D:xx0233 [Intro] e|---x---x---x---x---x---x--| B|---0---0---0---0---0---0--| G|---0---0---0---0---0---0--| D|---0---0---0---0---0---0--| A|--/12--11--9---0---11--9--| E|---0---0---0--/12--0---0--| G F# [Verse]
IE came through the fence in ‘93 AndCadd9 I know that they are after me toGday F# IE believe this is the land for me OfCadd9 hope, and grace, and libertyG F# Oh, myE grandfather, he told me Son, you’ll Cadd9never have to run anyGmoreF# Oh, but EI broke the law Which Cadd9I will surely die forG F#
But, now [Chorus]
Cadd9I am on my way I Ehave to leave today, TeGll my wife and boy that I lDove them Cadd9I gave my Eson to America GGod, I pray they F#treat him well
[Intro]
WEell, my daddy left when I was five, I dCadd9o not know if he’s alive at all G F# AEnd, it’s hard with just my mom and me BuCadd9t I work to feed my family G F# And, IE work hard to keep my bitter pay That the ricCadd9h man comes and takesG awaF#y SEo, I killed him in the dead of night WCadd9ith my father’s gun G F# IE took his life away I took his Cadd9life away G F#
Now, I say [Chorus]
Cadd9I was on my way I Ehave to leave today TeGll my mom and sister that ID love them Cadd9I am on thEe run
From America
GGod, I pray they F#don’t catch me
[Intro] [Verse]
NEow, I sit here in this dirty cell TCadd9he jailer comes to give me hell G F# TEhey have caught me and my racist mind I’lCadd9l surely pay for what I’ve done G F# BEut, then I look up and I see TCadd9his old man staring at me G F# HEe tells me I remind him of someone HCadd9is own boy he left at the age of G5 F# TEhat probably thought his daddy died ACadd9nd, how he wished he could tell hGim F#
[Outro]
Cadd9He would say I Ewas on my way, had to leave that day TeGll my wife and boy that I lDove them
Cadd9I gave my love to America GoGd I prEmay they treat him Dwell, OGh, godEm I pray they treatD well GGod, I Empray they treat hiDm well.