Key: B major
Verse 1
C
G
C
They're building the gallows
C
D
G
I got twenty -five minutes to go
D
C
An d the whole
Bb
C
C#
town's waiting
D
E
Em
just to hear me yell
C
Em
G
Gsus4
C
I got twenty -four minutes to go
They gave me some beans
for my last meal,
But nobody asked me how I feel,
C
C#
got 18 minutes to go
Now I sent for the governor
and the whole darn bunch
Oh, I sent for the mayor,
but he is out to lunch
C#
D
Fourteen minutes to go
Now I'm waiting for the pardon
that'll set me free
But this is for real, so forget about me
D
Eb
Twelve more minutes to go
Now here comes preacher
for to save my soul
And he's talking about burning
but I'm so cold
Eb
D
Nine more minutes to go
Now they're testin' the trap,
and it chills my spine
Oh, the trap and the rope,
they both work just fine
D
C#
Six more minutes to go
I can see the mountains I see the sky,
Oh, it's too darn pretty
for a man to want to die
Db
C
Four more minutes to go
Now I feel the trap, I feel that noose
And now I'm swingin'
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC G D Bb C#...
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