Key: D major
Intro 1
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Bb
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Verse 1
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I saw her standin'
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on her front lawn
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Just a twirlin' her baton
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Me and her went for a ride, sir
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And ten innocent people died
Verse 2
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From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska
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With a sawed-off .410 on my lap
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Through the badlands of Wyoming
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I killed everything in my path
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Verse 3
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I can't say that I'm sorry
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For the things that we done
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At least for a little while, sir
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Me and her, we had us some fun
Verse 4
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Now, the jury brought in a guilty verdict
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And the judge, he sentenced me to death
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Midnight in a prison storeroom
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With leather straps across my chest
Verse 5
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Sheriff, when the man pulls that switch, sir
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And snaps my poor head back
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You make sure my pretty baby
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Is sittin' right there on my lap
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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They declared me unfit to live
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Said into that great void my soul'd be hurled
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They want to know why I did what I did
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Well, sir, I guess there's just a meanness
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in this world
Outro 1
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Bb
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ChordsC F Bb
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