Tom Ames' Prayer
Tom Ames' Prayer

Tom Ames' Prayer easy guitar chords by Steve Earle

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  • Verse 1
    Everyone 
    in 
    Nacadoches knew Tom 

    Ame's would come 
    to some 
    bad 
    end 

    Well the 
    sheriff 
    had caught 
    him 

    stealin' 
    chickens 
    and 
    such 

    By the 
    time 
    that 
    he was 
    ten 

    Verse 2
    And 
    one 
    day his 
    daddy 
    took 

    a ten 
    dollar 
    bill 

    And he tucked 
    it in 
    his 
    hand 

    He said 
    can 
    tell you're 

    headed 
    for trouble 
    son 

    And 
    your momma 
    would
    n't 
    understand 

    Verse 3
    So 
    he took that 
    money 
    and his 

    brothers 
    old 
    bay 

    And he left 
    without 
    a word 
    of thanks 

    Fell in 
    with a 
    crowd 
    in some 
    border 
    town 

    And 
    took 
    to robbing 
    banks 


    Verse 4

    Well 
    outside 
    the law 
    your 

    luck will 
    run 
    out 
    fast 

    And 
    a few 
    years 
    came 
    and went 

    'Till he's 
    trapped 
    in 
    an alley 
    in 
    Abile
    ne 

    With all 
    but four 
    shells 
    spent 

    Verse 5
    And 
    he realized 
    praying 

    was 
    the only 
    thing 

    That 
    he hadn't 
    ever 
    tried 

    Well 
    he 
    wasn't 
    sure 

    he knew 
    quite 
    how 

    But he 
    looked 
    up 
    to 
    the sky 

    Verse 6
    Said you 
    don't 
    owe 
    me nothing 

    and as 
    far 
    as I know 

    Lord 
    don't 
    owe noth
    ing 
    to you 

    And I 
    ain't 
    asking 
    for 
    a mir
    acle 
    Lord 

    Just 
    a little 
    bit of 
    luck 
    will do 

    Verse 7
    And 
    you know 
    I ain't 

    never 
    prayed 
    before 

    But it 
    always 
    seemed 
    to me 

    If 
    pray
    ing 
    is the same 
    as 

    beg
    ging 
    Lord 

    I don't 
    take 
    no 
    char
    ity 


    Verse 8

    Yeah but 
    right 
    now 
    Lord 
    with my 

    back 
    to the 
    wall 

    Can't 
    help 
    but 
    recall 

    How 
    they nearly 
    hung 
    me 

    for 
    stealing 
    a horse 

    In Fort 
    Smith 
    Arkansas 

    Verse 9
    Judge 
    Parker 
    said 
    guilty 
    and 

    the gavel 
    came 
    down 

    Just 
    like 
    a can
    non 
    shot 

    And I 
    went 
    away 
    quietly 

    And 
    began 
    to file 
    and 
    plot 

    Verse 10
    Well they 
    sent 
    the preacher 
    down 
    to 
    my cell 

    He 
    said 
    the Lord 
    is your 
    only 
    hope 

    He's 
    the only 
    friend 
    that 

    you 
    gonna 
    have 

    When 
    you hit 
    the 
    end of 

    Parker's 
    rope 

    Verse 11
    Well I guess 
    he 
    could of 
    kept 
    on 

    preaching 
    till Christmas 

    But 
    he turned 
    his back 
    on 
    me 

    I put 
    a home 
    made 
    blade 

    to 
    that 
    golden 
    throat 

    And 
    asked 
    the deputy 
    for 
    the key 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 12
    Well 
    it 
    ain't 
    the first 
    close 

    call 
    I ever 
    had 

    As I'm sure 
    you 
    already 
    know 

    had 
    some 
    help from 
    you 
    Lord 
    and the dev

    il 
    himsel

    It's been strictly 
    touch 
    and 
    go 

    Yeah but 
    who 
    in the hell 
    am 

    I talking 
    to 

    There ain't 
    no 
    one here 
    but me 

    And 
    then he 
    cocked 
    both 
    his pistols 

    and he 
    spit 
    in the 
    dirt 

    And he 
    walked 
    out 
    in the 
    street 

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