Chords with lyrics
- Tuning: Standard tuning
- Difficulty: Beginner
Key: E minorEm
Intro:
E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC
Verse:
E minorEm B minorBm
The big day has come
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the bell is sounding
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
I run my hands through my hair one last time
E minorEm B minorBm
outside the prison walls
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the town is gathering
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
people are trading crime for crime
Break:
E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC
Verse:
E minorEm B minorBm
everyone needs to see the prisoner
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they need to make it even easier
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they see me as a symbol, and not a human being
E minorEm B minorBm
that way they can kill me
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say it’s not murder, it’s a metaphor
E minorEm B minorBm
we are killing off our own failure
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and starting clean
Break:
E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC
Verse:
E minorEm B minorBm
standing in the gallows
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everyone turned my way
E minorEm B minorBm
i hear a voice ask me
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if i’ve got any last words to say
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and i’m looking out over the field of familiar eyes
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somewhere in a woman’s arms a baby cries
Break:
E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC
Verse:
E minorEm B minorBm
I think guilt and innocence
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they are a matter of degree
E minorEm B minorBm
what might be justice to you
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might not be justice to me
E minorEm B minorBm
I went to far, i’m sorry
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I guess now i’m going home
E minorEm B minorBm
so let he amongst you
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Cast the first stone
Break:
E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC
Verse:
E minorEm B minorBm
now we’ve got all these complicated machines
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
so no one person ever has to have blood on their hands
E minorEm B minorBm
we’ve got complex organizations
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and if everyone just does their job
E minorEm B minorBm
no one person has to understand
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you might be the wrong color
E minorEm B minorBm
you might be too poor
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justice isn’t something just anyone can afford
E minorEm B minorBm
you might not pull the trigger
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you might be out in the car
E minorEm B minorBm
and you might get a lethal injection
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’cause we take a metaphor that far
Break:
E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC E minorEm D MajorD B minorBm C majorC
Verse:
E minorEm B minorBm
The big day has come
A augmentedA G+G
the bell is sounding
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
i run my hands through my hair one last time
E minorEm B minorBm
outside the prison walls
A augmentedA G+G
the town has gathered
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
people are trading crime for crime
Outro:
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
people are trading crime for crime
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
people are still trading crime for crime
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
people are still trading crime for crime
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
people are still trading crime for crime
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
people are still trading crime for crime
E minorEm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G E minorEm
people are still trading crime for crime