Nebraska

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                               "Nebraska"
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Tuning: Standard

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I saw her standin on her front lawn stood twirlin her baton
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Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died
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From the town of lincoln nebraska with a sawed-off .410 on my lap
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Through to the badlands of wyoming I killed everything in my path
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I cant say that Im sorry for the things that Ive done
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At least for a little while dear we had ourselves some fun
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The jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death
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Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest
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Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor neck back
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You make sure my pretty baby is sittin right there on my lap
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   They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my sould
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Be hurled
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They wanted to know why I did what I did
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Well sir I guess theres just a meanness in this world