A Condemned Man chords by Elvis Costello

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

A augmentedA CONDEMNED MAN

A minorAm
Judge said, "Son, you better say your prayers
                E MajorE
Got a noose that fits you and some gallow stairs
  E MajorE
And by this time tomorrow you won't be alive
FF
Soon we'll be giving you 10,000 volts"
A minorAm
And I said, "Make that twenty five"

The firing squad have got me right in their sights
Got me strapped up tightly with some dynamite
And I hear the executioner has got a brand new kink
He's giving me cyanide to breathe and strychnine to drink

  A minorAm
So dress me in chains and bind me in shackles
  A minorAm
The last thing you'll hear is my cold hearted cackle
  G+G
The last thing you'll see is my twisted leer
   A minorAm
I'm a condemned man and I'll never get out of here

  C majorC
The searchlight's sweeping up from the prison tower
  C majorC
The clock is creeping up to the midnight hour
  C majorC
Outside they're wailing, "Repent, repent, repent, and believe"
    E MajorE
There's a telephone ringing but no chance of reprieve

A minorAm
All you straight shooters and God fearing dolts
   E MajorE
Can be scared rigid by electrical volts
  G+G
But I can't be killed by any regular means
  A minorAm