The Wrong Man Was Convicted chords by Barenaked Ladies

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse:
Em           Am         D            C    G
Who's lonely now? Which one of us is suffering?
Em           Am          D           C   G
Who's in his cups? Which one of us recovering?
Bm           Em                   Bm                 Em
Who likes to look at pictures and cries, but way too late?
Bm                  Em                Am             D
Who doesn't want to change a thing, accepting it was fate?


Chorus:
          G          C
The wrong man was convicted
    D              G
You know I did the deed
  C                      G
I thought that you would wait for me
     Am              D
Your wants I needn't heed
          G          C
The wrong man lies beside you
    Em               Am
And waits for you to wake
    C     D                 C  G
And all because I lacked conviction
    C          D     Em
The judgment's my mistake

Verse:
Em               Am       D         C    G
Who's breathless now? Who only hyperventilates?
Em            Am         D            C  G
Who'd die for you? Who's dying inside anyway?
Bm                 Em           Bm                  Em
Which one of us is sunshine and which one's growing dim?
Bm                    Em               Am                D
When two men dream of you at night, do you just dream of him?


Chorus:
          G          C
The wrong man was convicted
    D              G
You know I did the deed
  C                      G
I thought that you would wait for me
     Am              D
Your wants I needn't heed
          G          C
The wrong man lies beside you
    Em               Am
And waits for you to wake
    C     D                 C  G
And all because I lacked conviction
    C          D     Em
The judgment's my mistake


Bridge:
Dm    Em     F
Who's lonely now?
      A#              C       Cm
Who's reaching out to no one?
             Gm
Who's lonely now?
   A                 D
It takes one to know one


Verse:
Em           Am        D                 C         G
I changed my mind; you said that I could change it back
Em       Am             D                 C           G
I wanted space, and now change has fallen through the cracks
Bm             Em              Bm                       Em
If I'm again beside your body, don't tell me where it's been
Bm            Em                  Am                 D
It's cruel, unusual punishment to kiss fingerprinted skin


Chorus:
          G          C
The wrong man was convicted
    D              G
You know I did the deed
  C                      G
I thought that you would wait for me
     Am              D
Your wants I needn't heed
          G          C
The wrong man lies beside you
    Em               Am
And waits for you to wake
    C     D                 C  G
And all because I lacked conviction
    C          D     Em
The judgment's my mistake

It's my mistake