Black River Killer

Intro:  Am Em  C G D

      Am                           
It was just a little while past the
Em
 sunset strip
     C                G        
They found the girl's body in an 
   D
open pit
    Am                           
Her mouth was sewn shut, but her 
Em
eyes were still wide
 C                 G            D
Gazing through the fog to the other 
side

           Am                      
They booked me on a whim and threw 
     Em
me deep in jail
         C                G       
With no bail, sitting silent on a 
    D
rusty pail
         Am             Em
Just gazing at the marks on the 
opposite wall
         C         G           D
Remembering the music of my lover's 
call

      Am                           
So you make no mistake I know just 
Em
what it takes
     C                G      
To pull a man's soul back from 
     D
heaven's gates
       Am                      
I've been wandering in the dark 
     Em
about as long as sin
     C                G           
But they say it's never too late to 
D
start again


   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C             G          
Will the spirit come a calling for
    D
 my soul to send?
   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C           G          D
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine
 again?

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    Am                           
It was dark as the grave, it was 
Em
just about three
     C                G           
When the warden with his key came to
D
 set me free
    Am                         
They gave me five dollars and a 
  Em
secondhand suit
     C                G           
A pistol and a hat and a worn out 
D
flute

    Am                         
So I took a bus down to the Rio 
  Em
Grande
     C                G           
And I shot a man down on the edge of
D
 town
    Am                           
Then I stole me a horse and I rode 
Em
it around
     C                G           
Til the sheriff pulled me in and he 
D
sat me down

    Am                           
He said you make no mistake I know 
Em
just what it takes
     C                G      
To pull a man's soul back from 
     D
heaven's gates
       Am                      
I've been wandering in the dark 
     Em
about as long as sin
     C                G           
But they say it's never too late to 
D
start again


  Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C             G          
Will the spirit come a calling for
    D
 my soul to send?
   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C           G          D
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine
 again?

         Am                      
Well the sheriff let me go with a 
     Em
knife and a song
     C                G       
So I took the first train up to 
    D
Oregon
      Am                         
And I killed the first man that I 
  Em
came upon
     C                 G          
Because the devil works quick, you
           D
 know it don't take long

      Am                        
Then I went to the river ford to 
   Em
take a swim
     C                G           
You know that black river water is 
D
as black as sin
      Am                      
And I washed myself clean as a 
     Em
newborn babe
     C                G           
And then I picked up a rock for to 
D
sharpen my blade

   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C             G          
Will the spirit come a calling for
    D
 my soul to send?
   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C           G          D
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine
 again?

  Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C             G          
Will the spirit come a calling for
    D
 my soul to send?
   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C           G          D
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine
 again?