I'm Not The Man

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     Fm           Db         Eb  
It crawls on his back, won't ever
         Fm
 let him be
               Db              Eb 
Stares at the walls until the 
               Fm
cinder blocks can breathe
              Db           Eb     
His eyes have gone away, escaping 
     Fm
over time
            Db            
He rules a crowded nation... 
Eb            Fm
insi...ide his mind

Ab  Cm  Fm  Cm  Db...  / Ab - 

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               Fm             Db  
He knows that night like his hand,
          Eb            Fm
 he knows every move he made
                 Db               
Late shift, the bell that rang, a 
Eb                 Fm
time card... won't... fade
           Db                Eb   
10:05 his truck pulled home, 10:05
                 Fm
 he climbed his stair
          Db            Eb     
About the time he was accused of 
         Fm
being there

Ab  Cm  Fm  Cm...

        Db...       / Ab - Db... 
But I'm not the man
Db / (2x)

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                  Ab             
He goes free as I... wait on the 
Eb/G  Ab  Db
row...
         Ab                
For the man... to test the rope 
Eb/G        Ab            Db
he'll slip around my... throat...
Ab  -  Cm -     / Fm...    Fm / (2x)
   and    silen...   ce me

       Fm          Db       Eb   
On the day he was tried no 
       Fm
witness testified
            Db                Eb  
Nothing but evidence, not... hard 
        Fm
to falsify
            Db          
His own confession was a 
  Eb          Fm
prosecutor's prize
            Db           Eb       
made up of fear, of rage... and of
           Fm
 outright lies

 Ab Cm  Fm  Cm...

        Db          / Ab - Db    D 
But I'm not the man
/ (2x)

                     Ab         
He goes free as the candle vigil 
  Eb/G  Ab  Db
glows
        Ab         Eb/G    Ab  Db
As they... burn my clothes

/ Ab - Cm - Fm / Fm - Ab

       Eb/G             Ab     
As the cro... owd cries... "Hang 
   Db          Ab
him... slow!"
      Eb/G         Ab          Db
And I...   feel my... blood go...
      Ab    Cm     Fm      / Fm / 
 cold...   he goes... free
(2x)


Fm  Db  Eb  Fm

             Db           Eb      
Call out the KKK, they're... wild 
      Fm
after me
               Db             
And with that frenzied look of 
  Eb            Fm
half-demented zeal
                Db            
they'd love to serve me up my... 
Eb       Fm
final... meal

Db  Eb  Fm

 Db            Eb       Fm       
Who'll read my... final rite 
Db         Eb     Fm
and... hear my... last... appeal?
    Db             Eb         Fm
Who... struck this... devil's... 
deal?