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------------------ | Tab Definitions: | A: x02220 | s4: x02230 (Asus4) | D: xx0232 | E: 022100 | Bb: 688766 | Eb: x68886 F: x|8|10|10|10|8 |Bb5: x133xx |Db5: x466xx | p: Pull ogf | x: Muted note This song is made difficult by the half-step key change after the fourth verse. The switch from open chords to bar chords is not very appealing, so it may sound better to keep the song in A major throughout. INTRO: /G A s4 A /G A s4 A /G A s4 A /G A s4 A e|-------0---0-0-0-----------0---0--0---------0-----------0---------0---0--0 B|-------2---3-3-3p2---------2---3--2---------2---3-3-3p2-----------2---3--2 G|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2 D|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2 A|-x-x---0-------------x-x---0----------x-x---0---------------x-x---0---0--0 E|-----3-------------------3----------------3---------------------3--------- VERSE 1:
AI'm in a women's prison With Dbars all aAround I Ecaught my darlin' cheatin' That's Dwhen I shot him Adown
I caught him in a honky-tonk
With a Dgirl I used to Aknow The Edoor to my cell is open wide D A Asus4 A /G A Asus4 A And a voice cries out, "Oh, no!"
VERSE 2:
The Ajudge says I'm guilty My Dsentence is to Adie I Eknow I've been forgiven But the Dprice of love is Ahigh
CHORUS:
There's a Dcrowd outside screamin', "Let that murdAerer die" But aDbove all their voices I can hear my mama Ecry
VERSE 3:
I'm Asittin' here on death row And, DLord, I've lost my Amind For Elove I've killed my darlin' D A Asus4 A /G A Asus4 A And for love I'll lose my life
VERSE 4:
I can Bbhear the warden coming From the Ebclinging of his Bbkeys But Fwhen they come to get me They'll have to Ebdrag me off my Bbknees
The door to my cell swings open
It's Ebtime for me to Bbgo The Fpriest is readin' my last rights He says, &Ebquot;Dyin's part of livin',Bb you know"
CHORUS:
There's a Ebcrowd outside screamin', "Let that murdBberer fry" But aEbbove all their voices You can hear my mama Fcry Bb
VERSE 5:
BbNow they've strapped me in the chair And Ebcovered up my eyes And the Flast voice I hear on Earth Is my mama's Bbcry
"Amazing Grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now am found Was blind, but now I see" Played 8x: Bb5 Db5 Db5 Bb