Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Verse 1:
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Over on the south side of dallas
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there lived a young black man named Botham Jean.
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and the only thing he was guilty of
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was enjoying his ice cream
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he sat alone in his underwear
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it was a lonley thursday night
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until a woman started breaking in his home
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she was a cop and she was white
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she screamed at Botham let me see your hands
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as she pointed with her gun
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she said she thought that Botham Jean had broke in to her home
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so shes either a liar or shes dumb
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then she shot the man a couple times
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cuz when a cop breaks in your home
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dont ever be a black man, sitting in your underwear
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eating yummy ice cream all alone
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Cuz Amber Guygers breaking in your home tonight
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and Amber Guygers shooting everyone
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cuz Amber Guyger owns every apartment in this town
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and Amber Guyger likes to use her gun
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and then as Botham Jean just lay there dying
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Amber Guyger called her lover friend
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Officer Rivera had a family and a wife
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but Amber Guyger still liked fuckin him
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cuz everybodys things belong to amber
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Your husband and your pretty little home
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so dont be suprised if amber breaks in to your house
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just to give your man a little dome
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then Botham Jean died on his apartment floor
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and then the key witness also died
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murdered in the parking lot of his apartment complex
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10 days after he had testified
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they took it pretty easy on the Guyger girl
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cuz shes a cop and has a pair of tits
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Amber Guyger got the shortest sentence of 10 years
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but she probably wont serve more than 6
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Cuz Amber Guygers breaking in your home tonight
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and Amber Guygers shooting everyone
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cuz Amber Guyger owns every apartment in this town
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and Amber Guyger likes to use her gun