Box Car Shortys Confession

G C G D C G G It wasn't gambling that caused me to k**l my friend Peter Blue C G It wasn't gambling that caused me to k**l my friend Peter Blue D C G If you caught your best friend with your wife, you'd do the same thing too G C G When they strapped on the lie detector, the needle kept going up and down C G When they strapped on the lie detector, the needle kept going up and down D C G And they knew I were lying since I first sat down G C G So I spoke to my conscience and asked what should I do C G Yes, I spoke to my conscience and asked what should I do D C G My conscious said, "Shorty, I would plead guilty if I were you." G So I stood up on my feet and raised up my right hand C G So I stood up on my feet and raised up my right hand D C G I said, "Judge, I'm confessing. I shot my woman's man." G C G So the prosecutor asked me, "Shorty, why did you k**l that man?" C G So the prosecutor asked me, "Shorty, why did you k**l that man?" D C G I said, "If you've never been in love, then you wouldn't understand." G When I signed my confession, this is what I wrote C G When I signed my confession, this is what I wrote D C G That I'm throwing myself on the mercy of the court G C G When the jury found me guilty, my woman's eyes were full of tears C G When the jury found me guilty, my woman's eyes were full of tears D C G The verdict was manslaughter, I got from one to twenty years G C G Baby, one year ain't no sentence and twenty years ain't no time C G Baby, one year ain't no sentence and twenty years ain't no time D C G And if I pass, I'll see you when I do my time