Soul Of A Convict chords by Porter Wagoner
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Verse 1
(A major) (D major) (Will (A major) he take the (G major) soul of a (D major) convict
(A major) could I be one of those he (D major) (G major) choosed)
I was taught the Bible from childhood at
(D major) my mother's (A major) knee I (D major) learned to pray
I was taught of (A major) God and all his goodness
and the devil and his evil ways
(D major) There's good in the (A major) bad and (G major) bad in the (D major) good and
(G major) there's none that's free (D major) from sin
(G major) But there's some questions
I've wondered about (D major)
What happens to the men
(A major) who die in the pen
Just imagine yourself the judge God (D major) Almighty
(A major) (D major) as you gaze over all these men
When (A major) death takes its toll (D major) what becomes
(A major) of the soul (G major) of the men who die in the pen
(D major) Do you think of (A major) God that's (D major) true and just
could look from his (G major) heavenly (A major) throne
And be pleased to see men placed in
(C major) chains and stripes (D major)
(G major) And tucked from (B flat major) their loved
ones at home (G major)
Worked until they're (D major) completely (A major)
(D major) axhuasted and your soul cries out in vain (A major)
Fed like a hog and treated like a dog (D major) and at night
to the bed you're chained
Worked from sunup to sundown
(G major) through all kinds of weather
(D major) And if you don't do the things just right
you get (A major) introduced to the leather
Now you see it's not the pain I (D major) mind so (A major) much
(D major) as I'm stretched out on the floor
It's just the thought that I can't do my
(G major) part that's what breaks my heart
(D major) You see I'm just not
man enough anymore
(A major) Oh there are a lotta other things I could tell
you that you'd (D major) marvel at and say
Why I didn't know (A major) in those modern times (D major) they treated
men that way but they do (A major) (G major)
That's why I ask you do you think that God
could turn with a sneer and frown
(D major) At the men who die in the pen do
you think he'll (A major) turn us down
I believe there's a heaven and (D major) a hell
and in God (G major) I put my trust
That's (D major) why I'm askin' (A major) these (D major) ques
tions I believe he's true and just (A major)
And I just imagine he'll tell me as we meet
at the golden (D major) stairs
Hell's not just meant for (B minor) some of
the (D major) men who (G major) die in the (D major) pen
(G major) But for some who have mistreated
them there (D major) (A major) (D major)
You see we're (A major) payin' for the mistakes
we made in our sins
As we've had our troubles in (D major) life
(A major) Because we're the (G major) underdogs of human (A major) ity (D major)
and surely God (G major) won't make us pay twice (D major)
(A major) I believe (D major) on that Day of Judgement he'll
(A major) have this convict called in
And he'll say it's true (D major) hell's not for you
you had your hell in the pen
(G major)
Soul Of A Convict
Porter Wagoner
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