Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: G+G
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
C majorC FF C majorC FF x2
Verse 1:
C majorC FF C majorC FF
Willie Johnson was locking up his store Monday night
C majorC FF C majorC FF
And someone snuck in and they commenced a fight
C majorC FF C majorC FF
His wife Emilia found him lying on the freezer floor
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
Now this sleepy little town, it ain't sleepy no more
Verse 2:
C majorC FF C majorC FF
Sheriff Walker holds three local boys in jail
C majorC FF C majorC FF
They confessed right down to the last detail
C majorC FF C majorC FF
They beat Willie with a bat, He was 70 years old
C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC
Then they bought some beer with the six dollars they stole
Chorus:
G+G C majorC
Well I know my anger is not politically cool
G+G C majorC (walk down)F A minorAm
But, brother we're in danger when kids can be so cruel as to kill for play,
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC FF
Dear God have mercy we're living just like there's no judgment day
Verse 3:
C majorC FF C majorC FF
Billy Haney is the youngest of the three accused
C majorC FF C majorC FF
His grandpa got him as a baby hungry and abused
C majorC FF C majorC FF
But no one guessed the depth of his emotional scars
C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC
Till we saw him on the news grinning like a movie star
Chorus 2:
G+G C majorC
Well I know my anger is not politically cool
G+G C majorC (walk down) FF A minorAm
But, brother we're in danger when we can be so cruel, as throw our kids away
C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC FF
Dear God have mercy we're living just like there's no judgment day
Verse 4:
C majorC FF C majorC FF
Today the headlights lined up in the drizzling rain
C majorC FF C majorC FF
To the graveyard stretched a five mile chain
C majorC FF C majorC FF
And we laid to rest one of this towns sweetest souls
C majorC G+G (hold 4 beats) C majorC FF C majorC FF C majorC
And we buried the peace we know in that very same hole