Twenty-One Years chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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The
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Judge said,
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Stand up, boy, and dry up your tears.
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You're sentenced to
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Nashville for twenty -one years.
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So dry up your eyes, babe,
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Em 
and say you'll be mine
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Em 
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For twenty -one years, babe,
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is a mighty long time
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D 
Six months have gone by,
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babe, I wish I was dead
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This dirty old jailhouse,
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the floor for a bed
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It's raining, it's hailing,
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Em 
the stars give no light
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Oh, darling, please tell me
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why you never  write
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I've counted the days, babe. I've counted the nights. I've
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counted the footsteps. I've counted the lights.
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I've counted the minutes, I've counted the stars,
Em 
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D 
I've counted a million of these prison bars.
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D 
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I've counted on you, babe, to get me a break I guess you forgot,
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babe, I'm here for your
You know who is guilty,
Em 
you know it too well
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But I'll rot in this jailhouse before I will
tell
Come all you young fellows
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with a heart brave
and true.
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Don't believe any woman,
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you're doomed if you do.
Don't trust any woman, no
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No matter what kind, for twenty -one years,
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boys, is a mighty long time.