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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 off											  |

|  x: Muted note										  |

|  /: Change in bass note									  |

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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:

A

I'm in a women's prison

     D         A

With bars all around

  E

I caught my darlin' cheatin'

       D               A

That's when I shot him down



I caught him in a honky-tonk

       D              A

With a girl I used to know

    E

The door to my cell is open wide

      D                     A    Asus4 A  /g A  Asus4 A

And a voice cries out, "Oh, no!"



VERSE 2:

    A

The judge says I'm guilty

   D              A

My sentence is to die

  E

I know I've been forgiven

        D                A

But the price of love is high



CHORUS:

          D

There's a crowd outside screamin',

                   A

"Let that murderer die"

     D

But above all their voices

                   E

I can hear my mama cry



VERSE 3:

    A

I'm sittin' here on death row

     D                  A

And, Lord, I've lost my mind

    E

For love I've killed my darlin'

        D                 A    Asus4 A  /g A  Asus4 A

And for love I'll lose my life



VERSE 4:

      Bb

I can hear the warden coming

         Eb              Bb

From the clinging of his keys

    F

But when they come to get me

                Eb             Bb

They'll have to drag me off my knees



The door to my cell swings open

     Eb             Bb

It's time for me to go

    F

The priest is readin' my last rights

          Eb                         Bb

He says, "Dyin's part of livin', you know"



CHORUS:

          Eb

There's a crowd outside screamin',

                   Bb

"Let that murderer fry"

     Eb

But above all their voices

                     F     Bb

You can hear my mama cry



VERSE 5:

Bb

Now they've strapped me in the chair

    Eb

And covered up my eyes

        F

And the last voice I hear on Earth

             Bb

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:

Bb5   Db5 Db5





Bb