D

G

My name is Billy Austin

A

D

And I'm twenty-nine years old

G

D

I was born in Oklahoma

Bm

Quarter Cherokee I'm told

A

G

D

Don't remember Oklahoma

G

A

Been so long since I left home

G

Bm

Seems like I've always been in prison

G

Bm

A

D

Like I've always been alone Didn't mean to hurt nobody Never thought I'd cross that line I held up a filling station Like I'd done a hundred times The kid done like I told him He lay face down on the floor Guess I'll never know what made me Turn and walk back through that door The shot rang out like thunder My ears rang like a bell No one came runnin' So I called the cops myself Took their time to get there And I guess I coulda run I knew I should be feeling something But I never shed tear one I didn't even make the papers cause I only killed one man But my trial was over quickly And then the long hard wait began My court-appointed lawyer Couldn't look me in the eye He just stood up and closed his briefcase When they sentenced me to die Now my waiting's over As the final hour drags by And I ain't about to tell you That I don't deserve to die But there's twenty-seven men here Mostly black, brown and poor Most of them are guilty Who are you to say for sure? So when the preacher comes to get me And they shave off all my hair Could you take that long walk with me Knowing hell is waitin' there? Could you pull that switch yourself sir With a sure and steady hand? Could you still tell youself That you're better than I am? My name is Billy Austin I'm twenty-nine years old I was born in Oklahoma Quarter Cherokee I'm told

D

Well my name's John Lee Pettimore Same as my daddy and his daddy before You hardly ever saw grandaddy down here He only come to town about twice a year He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line Everybody knew that he made moonshine

G

C

G

Now the revenue man wanted grandaddy bad

D

He headed up the holler with everything he had

G

C

G

Before my time but I've been told

D

He never come back from Copperhead Road Grandaddy ran the whiskey in a big black Dodge Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side Just shot coat of primer then he looked inside Well him and my uncle tore that engine down I can still remember that rumblin'sound Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night I heard momma crying, knew something wasn't right He was headed down to Knoxville with a weekly load You could smell the whiskey burning down Copperhead Road I volunteered for the army on my birthday They draft the white trash first 'round here anyway I did two tours of duty in Vietnam I came home with a brand new plan I take seeds from Columbia and Mexico I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road Now the DEA's got a chopper in the air I wake up screaming like I'm back over there I learned a thing or two from Charlie don't you know You better stay away from Copperhead Road Copperhead Road Copperhead Road Copperhead Road

C

G

Am

Another year has come and gone

E7

F

Another circle 'round the sun

C

F

G

Another thousand tears have fallen

C

G

Am

But I don't ever count 'em 'cause

E7

F

I'm surrounded by your love

G

C

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G

| And days are never long enough

C

G

Am

Four more seasons on parade

E7

F

Show their colours then they fade

C

F

G

But that won't happen to us, darlin'

C

G

Am

We'll remember how it was

E7

F

Then begin again because

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C

|

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G

| Days are never long enough

Am

E7

Time's never late

Am

E7

Isn't bound by our fate

Am

G

Try as we may

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G7

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C

| Love might never be found if we wait

G

Am

Until the sun comes up

E7

F

On another day my love

C

F

G

Days are never long enough

Am

E7

Time's never late

Am

E7

Isn't bound by our fate

Am

G

Try as we may

C

G7

|

C

| Love might never be found if we wait

G

Am

Until the sun comes up

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F

On another day my love

G

C

Days are never long enough

D

'Bout the time my daddy left to fight the big war

A

I saw my first pistol in the general store

A

In the general store, I was thirteen

D

I thought it was the finest thing I ever had seen Asked if I could have it someday when I grew up Mama dropped a dozen eggs, she really blew up Yeah she really blew up, I didn't understand Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand

G

The devil's right hand

D

G

D

The devil's right hand

A

D

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. My very first pistol was a cap and ball Colt Shoot as fast as lightnin' but she'd loads a-mighty slow Loads a-mighty slow, I soon found out It'll get you into trouble but it can't get you out So then I went and bought myself a Colt .45 It was called a Peacemaker, but I never knew why Never knew why, I didn't understand Mama says the pistol is the devil's right hand The devil's right hand The devil's right hand Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand.

E

Well I got into a card game in a company town

E

Caught a miner cheatin' and I shot the dog down

B

I shot the dog down, I watched the man fall

E

Never touched his holster, never had a chance to draw The trial was in the morning and they drug me outta bed Asked me how I pleaded, "not guilty," I said Not guilty I said, you got the wrong man Nothin' touched the trigger but the devil's right hand

A

The devil's right hand

E

A

E

The devil's right hand

B

E

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand. The devil's right hand The devil's right hand Nothin' touched the trigger but the devil's right hand

B

E

Mama said the pistol is the devil's right hand.

D

A

G

D

A

G

D

D

A

G

D

I've always heard that love is blind

A

G

D

But I know that there's another kind

D

A

G

D

Dsus4/d

Shines like a beacon in the night

A

G

D

Dsus4/d

And holds up in the morning light

D

A

G

D

Cause in my dreams she travels with me when I run

D

A

G

Em

And in my dreams she takes my hand when I make my stand

A

D

When the morning always comes

A

G

D

And I know it's too good to be true

A

G

D

She loves me even when I'm blue No one can say that I ain't tried I keep on searching far and wide Cause I know she's out there somewhere now And I'm gonna track her down somehow Cause in my dreams she travels with me when I run And in my dreams she takes my hand when I make my stand When the morning always comes And I know it's too good to be true She loves me even when I'm blue

D

Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk

D

A

G

On a day-I-ay-I-ay

D

I met a little girl and we stopped to talk

D

G

D

on a grand soft day-I-ay

G

D

G

D

And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do

Bm

A

G

D

'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue

G

D

G

D

And I knew right then I'd be takin' a whirl

Bm

A

G

D

'Round the Salthill Prom with a Galway girl

D

D

D

G

G

D

G

D

A

D

D

We were halfway there when the rain came down

G

On a day-I-ay-I-ay

D

And she took me up to her flat downtown

D

G

D

Of a grand soft day-I-ay-I-ay

G

D

G

D

And I ask you, friend, what's a fella to do

Bm

A

G

D

'Cause her hair was black and her eyes were blue

G

D

G

D

So I took her hand and I gave her a twirl

Bm

A

G

D

And I lost my heart to a Galway girl

D

D

D

G

G

D

G

D

A

D

G

A

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D

G

Bm

A

D

D

G

When I woke up I was all alone

D

G

D

With a broken heart and a ticket home

G

D

G

D

And I ask you now, tell me what would you do

Bm

A

G

D

If her hair was black and her eyes were blue

G

D

G

D

I've traveled around I've been all over this world

Bm

A

G

D

Boys I ain't never seen nothin' like a Galway girl

D

D

D

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G

D

G

D

A

D

D

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D

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D

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G

Bm

A

D

C

G/b

I remember holdin' on to you

Am

F

C

All them long and lonely nights I put you through

C

G/b

Somewhere in there I'm sure I made you cry

F

G

(

G7

)

C

But I can't remember if we said goodbye

F

C

But I recall all of them nights down in Mexico

G

G7

One place I may never go

G7

C

G

(

G7

) In my life again

C

G/b

Was I just off somewhere just too high

F

G

C

But I can't remember if we said goodbye I only miss you every now and then Like a soft breeze blowin' up from the Caribbean Most Novembers I break down and cry But I can't remember if we said goodbye

F

G

Am

But I can't remember if we said goodbye

F

Goodbye

C

Goodbye

Intro

G

G

G

G

Verse 1

G

Hey pretty baby are you ready for me

C

It's your good rockin' daddy down from Tennessee

Riff

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I'm just out of Austin bound for San Antone

C

With the radio blastin' and the bird dog on

Riff

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G

There's a speed trap up ahead in Selma Town

C

But no local yokel gonna shut me down

Riff

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'Cause me and my boys got this rig unwound

C

G

And we've come a thousand miles from a Guitar Town

Solo 1

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Verse 2

G

Nothin' ever happened 'round my hometown

C

And I ain't the kind to just hang around

Riff

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But I heard someone callin' my name one day

C

And I followed that voice down the lost highway

G

Everybody told me you can't get far

C

On thirty-seven dollars and a jap guitar

Riff

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Now I'm smokin' into Texas with the hammer down

C

G

And a rockin' little combo from the Guitar Town

Solo 2 (the same as solo 1)

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D

Hey pretty baby don't you know it ain't my fault

C

G

I love to hear the steel belts hummin' on the asphalt

D

Wake up in the middle of the night in a truck stop

C

D7

Stumble in the restaurant wonderin' why I don't stop

G

Gotta keep rockin' why I still can

C

I gotta two pack habit and a motel tan

Riff

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D

But when my boots hit the boards I'm a brand new man

C

With my back to the riser I make my stand

G

Hey pretty baby won't you hold me tight

C

C

G

D

We're loadin' up and rollin' out of here tonight

D

One of these days I'm gonna settle down

C

G

And take you back with me to the Guitar Town

Solo 3

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Em

G

C/g

G

Em

G

C/g

D7/f#

G

G

G

C/g

G

Em

D7/f#

G

C/g

I woke up this mornin' and none of the news was good

G

Em

C/g

D7/f#

Death machines were rumblin' 'cross the ground where Jesus stood

G

C/g

And the man on my TV told me that it's always been that way

G

D7/f#

G

There's nothin' anyone can do or say

Em

And I almost listened to him

G

C/g

G

Yeah, I almost lost my mind

Em

I regained my senses again

G

C/g

D7/f#

And looked into my heart to find

G

I believe that one fine day

C/g

All the children of Abraham

G

Em

D7/f#

G

Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem

G

C/g

Well maybe I'm only dreamin' and maybe I'm just a fool

G

Em

C/g

D7/f#

But I don't remember learnin' how to hate in Sunday school

G

C/g

But somewhere along the way I strayed and I never looked back again

G

D7/f#

G

But I still find some comfort now and then

Em

Then the storm comes rumblin' in

G

C/g

G

And I can't lay me down

Em

And the drums are drummin' again

G

C/g

D7/f#

And I can't stand the sound

G

But I believe there'll come a day

C/g

When the lion and the lamb

G

Em

D7/f#

G

Will lie down in peace together in Jerusalem

Em

G

C/g

G

Em

G

C/g

D7/f#

G

G

G

C/g

G

Em

D7/f#

G

Em

And there'll be no barricades then

G

C/g

G

Yeah there'll be no wire or walls

Em

We can wash all this blood from our hands

G

C/g

D7/f#

And all this hatred from our souls

G

But I believe there'll come a day

C/g

All the children of Abraham

G

Em

D7/f#

Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem

G

Yeah we must believe that one fine day

C/g

All the children of Abraham

G

Em

D7/f#

G

Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem

G

C

I'm an American, boys, and I've come a long way

G

D

I was born and bred in the USA

Em

C

G

So listen up close, I've got something to say

D

Boys, I'm buying this round

G

C

Well it took a little while, but we're in this fight

G

D

And we ain't going home 'til we've done what's right

Em

C

G

We're gonna drink Camden Town dry tonight

D

G

If I have to spend my last pound

G

C

When I first got to London it was pourin' down rain

G

D

Met a little girl in the field canteen

Em

C

G

Painted her name on the nose of my plane

D

Six more missions I'm gone

G

C

Well I asked if I could stay and she said that I might

G

D

Then the warden came around yelling "turn out the lights"

Em

C

G

Death rainin' down in the London night

D

G

We made love 'til dawn

C

G

But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home

D

With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan

Em

C

G

They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone

D

G

When Johnny comes marching home

G

C

My P-47 is a pretty good ship

G

D

And she took a round comin' 'cross the channel last trip

Em

C

G

I was thinkin' 'bout my baby and letting her rip

D

Always got me through so far

G

C

Well they can ship me all over this great big world

G

D

But I'll never find nothing like my North End girl

Em

C

G

I'm taking her home with me one day, sir,

D

G

Soon as we win this war

C

G

But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home

D

With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan

Em

C

G

They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone

D

G

When Johnny comes marching home

G

C

Now my granddaddy sang me this song

G

D

Told me about London when the blitz was on

Em

C

G

How he married Grandma and brought her back home,

D

A hero throughout his land

G

C

Now I'm standin' on a runway in San Diego

G

D

A couple purple hearts and I move a little slow

Em

C

G

There's nobody here, maybe nobody knows

D

G

About a place called Viet - nam

C

G

But when Johnny Come Lately comes marching home

D

With a chest full of medals and a G.I. loan

Em

C

G

They'll be waitin' at the station in San Antone

D

G

When Johnny comes marching home

G

Just when every ray of hope was gone

C

G

I should have known that you would come along

D

D7

I can't believe I ever doubted you

C

D7

G

My old friend the blues

G

Another lonely night in this town

C

G

The Sleep dont take me first you'll come around

D

D7

I know I can always count on you

C

D7

G

My old friend the blues

G7

C

Lovers leave and friends will let you down

G

But your the only sure thing that I found

D

D7

No matter what I do I'll never lose

C

D7

G

My old friend the blues

G7

C

Lovers leave and friends will let you down

G

And your the only sure thing that I found

D

D7

No matter what I do I'll never lose

C

D7

G

My old friend the blues

G

D

D7

Just let me hide my weary heart in you

C

D7

G

My old friend the blues

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G

C

D

C

G

G

C

C/a

G

/g

/f#

Em

C

She was her daddy's little darlin'

D

G

C

C/a

G

Her mama's only child

G

/g

/f#

Em

C

They didn't understand at all when

D

G

C

C/a

G

She took to running wild

G

/g

/f#

Em

C

She left town one day and never said goodbye

D

G

Left a hole in Daddy's lap a tear in mama's eye

G

/g

/f#

Em

C

G

C

C/a

G

Where'd we go wrong, now she's gone

G

/g

/f#

Em

C

She met aboy up in Kentucky

D

G

C

C/a

G

Charlie was his name

G

/g

/f#

Em

C

Just when he thought he got lucky

D

G

C

C/a

G

She stole his watch and chain

Em

C

She always kept on moving and she never wasted time

D

G

And they say she left quite a string of broken hearts behind

Em

C

G

C

C/a

G

Woke up alone, now she's gone

Em

C

Me, I wasn't even trying

D

C

G

C

C/a

G

You could say I was content

Em

C

She went through my life like lightning

D

C

G

C

C/a

G

Blew out the other end

Em

C

I still taste her kisses smell her perfume in the wind

D

C

G

C

C/a

G

And if I could you now that I would do it all again

Em

C

G

C

C/a

G

She done me wrong, Now she's gone

A

Ladies and gentlemen, attention please

A

Come in close so everyone can see

D

A

I got a tale to tell, a listen don't cost a dime

E

A

And if you believe that we're gonna get along just fine Now I've been travelin' all around I heard trouble's come to your town I've got a little somethin' guaranteed to ease your mind It's call Snake Oil y'all, it's been around for a long, long time Say, your crops'll burn if it don't rain soon Ain't seen a drop since the tenth of June Well I can open up the sky, people have no fear If you ain't impressed yet, just tell me what you wanna hear Well you lost your farm so you moved to town You get a job, they shut the factory down Now you sit around all day long feelin' sad and blue You need Snake Oil y'all, tell you what I'm gonna do

D

A

I can heal the sick and I can mend the lame

D

E

And the blind shall see again, it's all the same Well ain't your President good to you Knocked 'em dead in Libya, Grenada too Now he's taking his show a little further down the line 'Tween me and him people, you're gonna get along just fine

G

C

D

G

There ain't a lot that you can do in this town You drive down to the lake and then you turn back around You go to school and you learn to read and write So you can walk into the county bank and sign away your life Now I work at the fillin' station on the interstate I'm pumpin' gasoline and countin' out of state plates They ask me how far into Memphis son and where's the nearest beer They don't even know that there's a town around here

Em

C

D

G

Someday I'm finally gonna let go

Em

C

D

G

Cause I know there's a better way

Em

C

D

G

And I wanna know what's over that rainbow

G

D

C

D

G

C

D

G

C

D

G

I'm gonna get out of here someday someday

G

C

D

G

Now my brother went to college cause he played football I'm still hangin' round cause I'm a little bit small I got me a 67 Chevy she's low and sleek and black Someday I'll put her on that interstate and never look back

Em

C

D

G

Someday I'm finally gonna let go

Em

C

D

G

Cause I know there's a better way

Em

C

D

G

And I wanna know what's over that rainbow

G

D

C

D

I'm gonna get out of here someday

G

D

C

D

G

C

D

G

I'm gonna get out of here someday

G

C

D

G

C

D

G

C

D

G

Someday someday

G

I went down town, just to ease my pain

C

G

I went down town, just to ease my pain

D/f#

C

G

I ended up out walkin' in the rain I took my pistol and a hundred dollar bill I took my pistol and a hundred dollar bill I had everything I needed to get me killed The Southside girls, they suit me just fine The Southside girls, they suit me just fine As long as I got money they don't whine The devil lives on Lewis Street I swear The devil lives on Lewis Street I swear I seen him rockin' in his rockin' chair I start way up top of Lewis Street, and I walk down to the end I start way up top and I walk down to the end I go way down in the bottoms, and I come back up again Now Mama told me, Papa too, they both talked till they turned blue But I got them ol' South Nashville blues again I won't be satisfied until they lock me up again

C

G

C

My baby sparkle and shine

G

C

Sparkle and shine

G

C

Sparkle and shine

C

G

C

My baby sparkle and shine

G

C

And everyone knows she's fine

C

G

C

She blesses all that she sees

G

C

G

C

A toss of her hair and a kiss in the breeze

C

G

C

But she don't love no one but me

G

C

And I can't believe she's mine

Dm7

Am

Shimmering she moves

Dm7

C

G

Sunlight all around her

Dm7

Am

Even when she's blue

Dm7

C

G

Silver clouds surround her

C

G

C

My baby sparkle and shine

G

C

Sparkle and shine

G

C

Sparkle and shine

C

G

C

My baby sparkle and shine

C

G

C

And I can't believe she's mine

C

G

C

My baby swings down the street

G

C

G

C

Big tall high heel shoes on her feet

C

G

C

Walks by and my heart skips a beat

C

G

C

And I'm stumblin' like a fool

C

G

C

She give me somethin' so sweet

G

C

G

C

I can't sleep y'all and I can't eat

C

G

C

Sparks fly whenever we meet

C

G

C

I'm breathless 'cause she's so cool

Dm7

Am

Anywhere she goes

Dm7

C

G

I can only follow

Dm7

Am

She'll be there I know

Dm7

C

G

When I awake tomorrow

C

G

C

My baby sparkle and shine

G

C

Sparkle and shine

G

C

Sparkle and shine

C

G

C

My baby sparkle and shine

C

G

C

And everyone knows she's fine

C

G

C

My baby sparkle and shine

G

C

Sparkle and shine

G

C

Sparkle and shine

C

G

C

My baby sparkle and shine

C

G

C

And everyone knows she's fine

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And everyone knows she's mine

I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown To see what I could see My mama told me never go, I?m damned near twenty-two years old Some times I feel this hollow swallowing me. Ma went off to Gettysburg, her and that new beau of hers, I snuck off after dark. It?s a long way down the Canny Road, the stars were bright & the moon was low, Down where the blacktop highway starts. Chorus: I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown, I went down to see what I could see. Now everybody stared at me, you?d think that they ain't never seen, A colored boy before. Well, they jumped at me and they called me names, they?d a whupped me sure, but the sheriff came, I slipped off and ran through the drygoods store. I ran down Division Street, but some of them boys followed me, Down to the railroad track. There was four of them & I came five, but I got my old Randall knife, I cut that boy & I never did look back. Chorus Across the fields & woods I run, like a bullet from a rabbit gun, Back home to my bed. Ma came back from Gettysburg, her and that new beau of hers, Boy you look like hell, was all she said. A month went by without a word, till someone down in the hollow heard, About that boy they hung. He begged those men to spare his life, but I dropped my bloody Randall knife, He picked it up, so they thought he was the one. Chorus Chorus I ain't going back there anymore.

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Everyone in Nagadoches knew Tom Ames

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would come to some bad end,

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Cause the sheriff had caught him stealing chickens and such from the

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time that he was ten.

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One day his daddy took a 10 dollar bill

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and he tucked it in his hand,

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He said I know you're headed for trouble son,

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your mama wouldn't under stand.

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So he took his dad's money and his brother's old bay

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and he left without a word of thanks,

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Fell in with this crowd in a border town

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and he took to robbin' banks.

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Outside the law his luck a run out fast,

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a few years came and went;

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Til he was trapped up in an alley in Abilene

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with all but four shells spent.

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And he realized then that prayin' was the only thing

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he hadn't ever tried;

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He didn't know quite how to do it

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but he looked up to the sky.

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He said "You don't owe me nothin' and as far as I know, Lord

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I don't owe nothin' to you

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I ain't askin' for a miracle Lord

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a little bit of luck will do.

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You know I ain't never prayed before

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cause it always seemed to me

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that prayin' was just like beggin'

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and I don't take chari ty.

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Lord, I've had some breaks in my life

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as you already know

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I've had some help from the good lord and the devil himself's

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been strictly touch and go.

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Right here now with my back to the wall

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I can't help but re call

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how they nearly hung me for stealin' a horse

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in Ft. Smith, Arkansas

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Judge Parker said guilty and his gavel came down

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just like a cannon shot

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I went away quietly

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I beg an to file and plot.

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They sent that old preacher down to my cell

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he said, "the lord is your only hope,

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he'll be the only friend you have, son

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when you hit the end of Parker's rope."

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Well, I guess he could've kept on preachin' til Christmas

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but he turned his back on me

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I put a homemade blade to that golden throat

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and asked the deputy for the key.

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Ah, but who in the hell am I talkin' to?

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there ain't no one here but me (single strum each chord)

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So he cocked both his pistols, spit in the dirt,

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and walked in to that street.

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Moses went up to the mountain To see what he could see Well he come down talking 'bout a burning bush

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You know the rest Columbus went down to the ocean In 1492 He said 'Boys, I'm looking for India But America will do' Sailed to the west You know the rest Davey Crockett went out to Texas To fight at the Alamo Old Will Travis never told him Texas is in Mexico It's a bloody mess You know the rest Robert Johnson went down to the crossroads A guitar in his hands Well, the devil had him a guitar, too He says 'This is what you need man, You can be the best' You know the rest Well this song ain't got no reason Hell this song barely rhymes Well it come to me when I was asleep And it wakes me up sometimes I can't get no rest You know the rest