Artist: | Steve Earle (English) |
User: | Per R |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Default |
Abusive: | |
Comment: | - |
Intro:
D Dsus2 Dsus4 D
1
D G
My name is Billy Austin
A D
And I'm twenty-nine years old
G D
I was born in oklahoma
Bm Bm A G
Quarter Cherokee I'm told
D
Don't remember Oklahoma
G A
Been so long since I left home
G Bm
Seems like I've always been in prison
G Bm A D
like I've always been alone
2
Didn't mean to hurt nobody
Never thought I'd cross that line
I held up a filling station
Like I'd done a hundred times
The kid done like I told him
He lay face down on the floor
guess I'll never know what made me
Turn and walk back through that door
3
The shot rang out like thunder
My ears rang like a bell
No one came runnin'
So I called the cops myself
Took their time to get there
and I guess I could've run
I knew I should be feeling something
But I never shed a tear once
4
D G
I didn't even make the papers
A D
Cause I only killed one man
G D
but my trial was over quickly
Bm Bm A G
And then the long hard wait began
D
Court appointed lawyer
G A
Couldn't look me in the eye
G Bm
He just stood up and closed his briefcase
G Bm A D
When they sentenced me to die
5
Now my waitin's over
As the final hour drags by
I ain't about to tell you
That I don't deserve to die
But there's twenty-seven men here
Mostly black, brown and poor
Most of 'em are guilty
Who are you to say for sure?
6
So when the preacher comes to get me
And they shave off all my hair
Could you take that long walk with me
knowing hell is waiting there?
Could you pull that switch yourself sir
with a sure and steady hand?
Could you still tell yourself
That you're better than I am?
7
D G
My name is Billy Austin
A D
And I'm twenty-nine years old
G D
I was born in oklahoma
Bm Bm A G
Quarter Cherokee I'm told