NC           D
He didn't say a word
 G                 D
When they came to take him
             A
Out of his cell
 G              D
And from this world
           G                D
He just handed the warden some paper
            A      G        D
A simple messsage for his girl


Chorus:
      D        G               D
Please don't think that I am guilty
         A                   D
I never did the thing they said
          G                D  
I had to sign the sworn confession
               A   G         D
The sherriffs gun was to my head


Short Solo:

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B--6S7--10----9S10-10--------------------12----12-10---------
G----------------------------------------------------9br-7---
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A------------------------------------------------------------
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     D          G               D
She had hoped that she'd hear from him
          A       G            D
Some explanation for all her pain
          G                  D
But she waited forever and ever
              A    G           D
Those final words he wrote in vain


Repeat Chorus

Outro:

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G--2-----------------------11----------7-7-6-4-4-3-2-2s1-0-------2---4-----
D------------------------------------7-------------------------------4-----
A--------------------------------------------------------------------2-----
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