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