Twenty-One Years
Twenty-One Years

Twenty-One Years easy guitar chords by Tennessee Ernie Ford

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

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Capo

  • D

  • A

  • Em

  • G

  • E

  • C

  • Bm

    2

  • D

  • A

  • Em

  • G

  • E

  • C

  • Bm

    2
    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    The 

    Judge 
    said, 

    Stand 
    up, 
    boy, 
    and 
    dry 
    up 
    your 
    tears. 

    You're 
    sentenced 
    to 

    Nashville 
    for 
    twenty 
    -one 
    years. 

    So 
    dry 
    up 
    your 
    eyes, 
    babe, 

    and 
    say 
    you'll 
    be 
    mine 

    For 
    twenty 
    -one 
    years, 
    babe, 

    is 
    a mighty 
    long 
    time 

    Six 
    months 
    have 
    gone 
    by, 

    babe, 
    I 
    wish 
    I 
    was 
    dead 

    This 
    dirty 
    old 
    jailhouse, 

    the 
    floor 
    for 
    a 
    bed 

    It's 
    raining, 
    it's 
    hailing, 

    the 
    stars 
    give 
    no 
    light 

    Oh, 
    darling, 
    please 
    tell 
    me 

    why 
    you 
    nev
    er 
    write 

    I've 
    counted 
    the 
    days, 
    babe. 
    I've 
    counted 
    the 
    nights. 
    I've 

    counted 
    the 
    footsteps. 
    I've 
    counted 
    the 
    lights. 

    I've 
    counted 
    the 
    minutes, 
    I've 
    counted 
    the 
    stars, 

    I've 
    counted 
    a 
    million 
    of 
    these 
    prison 
    bars. 

    I've 
    counted 
    on 
    you, 
    babe, 
    to 
    get 
    me 
    a 
    break 
    I 
    guess 
    you 
    forgot, 

    babe, 
    I'm 
    here 
    for 
    your 

    You 
    know 
    who 
    is 
    guilty, 

    you 
    know 
    it 
    too 
    well 

    But 
    I'll 
    rot 
    in 
    this 
    jailhouse 
    before 
    I 
    will 

    tell 

    Come 
    all 
    you 
    young 
    fellows 

    with 
    a 
    heart 
    brave 

    and 
    true. 

    Don't 
    believe 
    any 
    woman, 

    you're 
    doomed 
    if 
    you 
    do. 

    Don't 
    trust 
    any 
    woman, 
    no 

    No matter 
    what 
    kind, 
    for 
    twenty 
    -one 
    years, 

    boys, 
    is 
    a 
    mighty 
    long 
    time. 

    Outro 1

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