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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
|C#5: 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:
I'm in a women's prison
With bars all around
I caught my darlin' cheatin'
That's when I shot him down
I caught him in a honky-tonk
With a girl I used to know
The door to my cell is open wide
/G
And a voice cries out, "Oh, no!"
VERSE 2:
The judge says I'm guilty
My sentence is to die
I know I've been forgiven
But the price of love is high
CHORUS:
There's a crowd outside screamin',
"Let that murderer die"
But above all their voices
I can hear my mama cry
VERSE 3:
I'm sittin' here on death row
And, Lord, I've lost my mind
For love I've killed my darlin'
/G
And for love I'll lose my life
VERSE 4:
I can hear the warden coming
From the clinging of his keys
But when they come to get me
They'll have to drag me off my knees
The door to my cell swings open
It's time for me to go
The priest is readin' my last rights
He says, "Dyin's part of livin', you know"
CHORUS:
There's a crowd outside screamin',
"Let that murderer fry"
But above all their voices
You can hear my mama cry
VERSE 5:
Now they've strapped me in the chair
And covered up my eyes
And the last voice I hear on Earth
Is my mama's cry
"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: