Key: F# major
Intro 1
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G
F#
E
Am
G#m
G5
G#m
A5
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E
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Am
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G5
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Am
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G#m
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E
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E
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A5
G#m
G5
G#5
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E
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F#
Em
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Em
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E
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C5
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E
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C5
B
Dawn breaks evenly today
Verse 1
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G
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G
F#
C
B
F#
Am
On the truth and the lie
B
F#
C5
B
F#
All rise, court's in
G
session
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B
A5
E
We're hanging someone high
Verse 2
C5
B
F#
nothing today
C5
B
Now that the courts are for sale
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B
F#
Pick a crime from the menu; pick
B
F#
a sentence and defend you
B
F#
And pay up the down payment called bail
G
F#
The system's for sale
Verse 3
F#
E
Kick the chair, the rope's tight
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F#
Just like one quick wrench,
the tooth is out
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F#
G
Friend or foe, I gotta hang em dead
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C
G5
G
Or they'll come back around
Em
The court's
Verse 4
B
F#
it keeps track
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F#
Of victories and defeats
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The press that never rest just waits
E
F#
For somebody's soul they
C5
B
E5
F#
can eat
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C
B
Justice means nothing today
Verse 5
F#
B
F#
Now that the jury's for sale
B
F#
Guilty or not, the verdict's a lie
G
F#
B
F#
Em
You're going to jail
Verse 6
G
F#
Just like one quick wrench,
the tooth is out
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F#
G
Friend or foe, ya gotta hang em dead
Outro 1
A5
G#m
G
G5
A5
Am
Bb
F
E5
E
G
Am
Bb5
Bb
F
E5
E
G
Am
Bb
F
Em
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Am
Bb
F
Em
E
Em
G5
G#5
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E5
G
Am
G
Am
F
G
Am
G
Am
Bb5
Em
Am
G
Am
Bb5
G
Am
Em
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G
Am
Bb
Am
Bb
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Em
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Am
Am
F
E
G
F
Em
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Em
F#
E
E
G
F#
G
E
Am
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