Charles Guiteau chords by Kelly Harrell

Chords with lyrics

FF              C majorC               FF
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------1-1----1-1--------------------1-1----1-1--------|
G+G|-----------2------2------3-2-0-----------0------0------------|
D MajorD|-----3-3-3-------------------------2-2-2---------------0-2-3-|
D MajorD|---3-----------------------------3---------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|

verse 1

FF
Come all you tender Christians
         C majorC
Wherever you may be

And likewise pay attention
             FF
To these few lines from me.

I was down at the depot
         C majorC
To make my getaway

And Providence being against me,
            FF
It proved to be too late.

verse 2

FF
I tried to play off insane
            C majorC
But found it would not do;

The people all against me,
             FF
It proved to make no show.

Judge Cox he passed the sentence,
             C majorC
The clerk he wrote it down,

On the thirtieth day of June
         FF
To die I was condemned.

verse 3

FF
My name is Charles Guiteau,
           C majorC
My name I'll never deny,

To leave my aged parents
         FF
To sorrow and to die.

But little did I think
           C majorC
While in my youthful bloom

I'd be carried to the scaffold
         FF
To meet my fatal doom.

verse 4

FF
My sister came in prison
          C majorC
To bid her last farewell.

She threw her arms around me;
          FF
She wept most bitterly.

She said, "My loving brother,
        C majorC
Today you must die

For the murder of James A. Garfield
         FF
Upon the scaffold high."

Verse 5

FF
And now I mount the scaffold
         C majorC
To bid you all adieu,

The hangman now is waiting,
           FF
It's a quarter after two.

The black cap is o'er my face,
         C majorC
No longer can I see,

But when I'm dead and buried,
           FF
Dear Lord, remember me.