Death Sentence Blues
- Shindig Avenue
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Time: 4/4 ·
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Verse 1
Em
I spent a year inside of Folsom
D
A couple more in Reno too
Am
Now I'm strapped down to a table
B
For a crime I didn't do
Em
And I've been keeping it a secret
D
Only the sheriff's widow knows
Am
It wasn't me who killed her husband
B
This is how the story goes:
Verse 2
Em
We met on a bridge at a quarter to two
D
We decided to run. It was all we could do
Am B
But he had followed us to the edge of town
Em
And he came from the dark and took me by surprise.
D
As I saw my life flash right before my own eyes
Am B
I heard the gunshots ring out through the darkness
Pre-Chorus
C D
And when the deed was done
C D
It was my lover with the smoking gun
C D
I said, "I shot. You ran. I killed your husband"
Chorus
G
The killer's in me
B
I'm so crazy,
Em C B
A voice told me to do it in my dream
Am C G
No, I didn't see a woman fleeing the scene
B
It was me, I acted all alone
Interlude
Em D Am B
Verse 3
Em
They beat me down till I was broken
D
I didn't think they'd ever stop
Am
She never told me that her husband
B
Was an undercover cop
Em
But I was sticking to my story
D
I got no motive, no excuse
Am
She said that she could get me out
B
But she could never get me loose
Em
And the verdict was guilty on all of the counts
D
And I had no defense, I had only one out
Am B
As the prosecution called in one last witness
Em
And she walked through the door with a tear in her eye
D
When she walked down the aisle, she broke down and cried
Am B
But no one will ever really quite no why (no!)
C D
She sat on the witness stand
C D
And said the alibi that we had planned
C D
"He shot. I ran. I didn't k**l my husband!"
Chorus
G
The killer's in me
B
I'm so crazy,
Em C B
A voice told me to do it in my dream
Am C G
No, I didn't see a woman fleeing the scene
B C
It was me, I acted all alone
D
I pulled the trigger on my own
B Em
And now I'm gonna die alone…
Instr
Em A C A Em A D 2x
Chorus
C D
Took a glimpse at the setting sun
C D
I regret some things i've done
C
but she shot. I ran.
D
I didn't k**l her husband!
G
The killer's not me
B
I'm not that crazy
Em C B
But now's not the time for me to come clean
Am C G B
No I didn't see a woman fleeing the scene….
Outro
C D D# Em











