Orenthal James Was A Mighty Bad Man chords by Mojo Nixon

• Capo on 2nd

🎸 Intro:

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Well, Orenthal James, he was a mighty bad man, killed two people last night
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Chopped off their heads in West L.A.
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Must have been a mighty sharp knife, poor boy
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Must have been a mighty sharp knife

🎸 Verse 1:
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Yeah, one was his ex-wife, the other one, her lover
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Orenthal was a very jealous man
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Hid in the bushes and began to mutter
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"If I can't have her, nobody else can"
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"If I can't have her, nobody else can"

🎸 Verse 2:
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Well, he flew to Chicago, two cuts on his hand
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The bodies discovered too fast
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His out-of-town alibi gone up in smoke
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Now we find out he got a wife-beatin' past
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Found out he got a wife-beatin' past

🎸 Verse 3:
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Yeah, they threw him in jail and they brought him to trial
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Orenthal hired million-dollar attorneys
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Told so many lies, I almost went blind
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If he didn't do it, who did, poor boy
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If he didn't do it, who did?

🎸 Verse 4:
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Well, Orenthal had a motive and an opportunity, too
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Planned it all and tried to escape
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Wrote a suicide note but he wasn't man enough
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Speak the truth and sealed his fate, poor boy
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Speak the truth and sealed his fate

🎸 Verse 5:
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Yeah, there was blood in the car and blood on his clothes
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Though they never did find that knife
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Smiled for the cameras and bought him some justice
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He got away with killin' his wife, poor boy
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He got away with killin' his wife

🎸 Verse 6:
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When the foreman returned and he said, "Not guilty"
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I couldn't believe my ears
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Orenthal James is a mighty bad man

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Ought to be in jail for 400 years
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Servin' time for 400 years

🎸 Verse 7:
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Yeah, Orenthal James killed his bimbo ex-wife
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Mama of his children, too
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Been in Hollywood so long he starts to believe the big lie
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Don't let that happen to you, poor boy
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Don't let that happen to you, poor boy
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Don't let that happen to you, poor boy
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Don't let that happen to you, poor boy

🎸 Outro:
Well, Orenthal James, he was a mighty bad man He killed two people last night

Chopped off their heads in West L.A.
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Must have been a mighty sharp knife, poor boy
A                  B              F#
Must have been a mighty sharp knife