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Twenty Years chords by Dwight Yoakam

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  • C

  • A

  • G

Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Hey look yonder, Henry,
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comes the sheriff
And he's carrying a war
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D
rant in his hand
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Don't you run, poor old Henry,
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for he will shoot you
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D
Not long will you be a free man

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Verse 2
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Now twenty years you must
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spend behind steel bars
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D
For a crime that you did not do
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D
Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
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Has proved to be the ruin of you
Verse 3
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Tried to warn you, Henry, not to cross her
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Tried to tell you about her vengeful ways
Verse 4
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When you turned and left her for another
She swore, Henry,
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that she'd make you pay
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Now twenty
Verse 5
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years you must spend
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behind steel bars
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D
For a crime that you did not do
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D
Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
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Has proved to be the ruin of you
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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Listen well, all you young rounders
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Heed the lesson poor old Henry
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never learned
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That even hell with all its fiery power
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Hath no fury like a woman's scorn
Verse 7
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Now twenty years you must
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spend behind steel bars
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D
For a crime that you did not do
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D
Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
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D
Has proved to be the ruin of you
Verse 8
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Yeah the lie she swore in that district court
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Has proved to be the ruin of you
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