The Execution chords by
Joey Allcorn

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Beggin' God for mercy
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from a little concrete cell,
A A 
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Said a convicted man
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in the Georgia state jail.
His hands are bound by chains
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and there's shackles on his feet.
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this man was sentenced to die
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by a jury in 93
and now the day has come
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for that sentence to be carried out
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so many things are on his mind
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but only one he thinks about
the life he took away
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on that awful summer night
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why he never saw
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that little child riding on her bike
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stumbling out of  the bar
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G G 
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he got in his car and drove away.
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He crashed into a light post
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and killed her right away.
Crowds of people gathered round
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staring at the awful sight.
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The little girl was lying still
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as her mother held her tight.
He saw her broken body
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but didn't realize what he'd done.
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Too many drinks of beer and wine
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had made his mind grow numb.
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His thoughts were interrupted
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G G 
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by the opening of the door.
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They read his final rites
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and he just stared at the empty floor.
He knew he'd never be forgiven
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for a crime such as this.
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A home for him in heaven
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he knew would not exist.
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D D 
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so the guards they came and took him
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to the room where he would die
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and they strapped him to the chair
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before many a  watchful eye
gathered in that room
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there was the victim's family
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they'd come to see this man
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receive his fi nal penalty
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and sitting right in front
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G G 
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there was the mother of this child
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D D 
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weeping for her baby in Sarah
nearly wild and in her arms
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he saw the face of that little girl again
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in a picture taken weeks before
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she'd reached the age of 10
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her eyes were full of life
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G G 
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then not the emptiness of death
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that wasn't how he'd seen them
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when he crawled out from that wreck
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And on her face there was a smile
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to which no angel could compare.
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There was no blood upon her face
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or in her golden hair.
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The life he took away that night
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no one here can ever replace.
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And never again
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D D 
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will no one see her little smiling face.
For his sinful way of living
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this man now must pay the price.
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for a tragic mistake he made
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just once had brought him here tonight.
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His head was covered slowly
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G G 
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and the warden threw the switch.
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A A 
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The people   smelled the burning flesh
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Dm Dm 
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and they watched his body twitch.
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Dm Dm 
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They pronounced him dead at 12 a .m.
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and they prayed there for a while
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for this man was put to death
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because he killed his only child.
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