Heaven, Hell Or Macon chords by Porter Wagoner

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Verse 1
C 
D 
He just turned 21.
C 
This was his first job.
D 
He had a cold blue steel revolver
and a liquor store to rob.
And he said,
Give me your money mister,
C 
please don't hesitate.
D 
If you try to be a hero,
C 
D 
it'll be your last mistake.
Am 
D 
You got a lot of reasons to live,
Am 
D 
G 
D 
and I'm just down to one California beat me,
Em 
D 
it almost took my mind
This pistol bought me distance,
C 
D 
but I'm a -runnin' out of time
G 
D 
My mama's up in heaven,
G 
D 
yes, daddy's down in hell
G 
D 
Sister, she's gone crazy,
A 
my brother's back in jail
G 
D 
My wo man waits in Ma con,
Bm 
Lord, I wanna hold her tight
A 
G 
D 
And heaven, hell, or Macon,
A 
I'm gonna see one of them to
D 
Am 
D 
Am 
D 
Bm 
E 
night
Bm 
E 
If I could see my mama,
D 
E 
she'd tell me what to do
I'm going against my racing
D 
E 
by holding this gun on you
Bm 
When a man is down,
E 
he can't get up,
Bm 
E 
there's just one way to turn
A 
E 
I'm walkin' on a tightrope,
F#m 
E 
hangin' by a thread
Bad times all around me,
D 
E 
worst times up ahead
A 
E 
My mama's up in heaven,
A 
E 
guess daddy's down in hell
A 
E 
Sister, she's gone crazy,
B 
my brother's back in jail
A 
E 
My woman waits in Ma con
C#m 
Lord, I wanna hold her tight
B 
A 
E 
And  heaven, to Macon
I'm gonna see, I'm gonna see
B 
E 
D 
One of them tonight you