The Lawson Murder chords by Doc Watson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G7G7 C majorC

Verse 1:
  C majorC        G+G
Was on one Christmas evening
  G+G        C majorC   C7C7
The snow lay on the ground
     FF         C majorC
Near his home in North Carolina
    G7G7      C majorC
In this murder he was found

Verse 2:
  C majorC        G+G
His name was Charlie Lawson
  G+G        C majorC   C7C7
And he had a loving wife
     FF        C majorC
So, we'll never know what caused him
  G7G7        C majorC
To take his family's life

Verse 3:
   C majorC         G+G
They say he killed his wife at first
    G+G        C majorC   C7C7
And the little ones did cry
     FF        C majorC
"Please, Papa, won't you spare our lives?
    G7G7      C majorC
For it is so hard to die!"

Verse 4:
     C majorC        G+G
But, the raging man could not be stopped
  G+G          C majorC   C7C7
He would not heed their call
   FF       C majorC
Just kept on firing fatal shots
 G7G7         C majorC
Until he killed them all


Instrumental:
C majorC  G+G
G MajorG  C majorC C7C7
FF   C majorC
G7G7  C majorC

Verse 5:
  C majorC         G+G
And when this sad, sad news was heard
  G+G        C majorC   C7C7
It was an awful surprise
    FF          C majorC
He had killed six children and his wife
  G7G7          C majorC
And then he closed their eyes

Verse 6:
  C majorC          G+G
And now, farewell, kind friends and home
   G+G       C majorC    C7C7
I'll see you all no more
 FF         C majorC
Into my breast I'll fire one shot
      G7G7        C majorC
And then my troubles will be o'er

Verse 7:
   C majorC       G+G
They did not carry him to jail
  G+G       C majorC   C7C7
No lawyers did he pay
      FF          C majorC
But they'll have his trial in a-nother world
    G7G7       C majorC
On the final Judgement Day