A Condemned Man

Am
Judge said, "Son, you better say 
your prayers
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Got a noose that fits you and some 
   E
gallow stairs
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And by this time tomorrow you won't 
E
be alive
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Soon we'll be giving you 10,000 
volts"
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And I said, "Make that twenty five"

The firing squad have got me right 
in their sights
Got me strapped up tightly with some
 dynamite
And I hear the executioner has got a
 brand new kink
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He's giving me cyanide to breathe 
and strychnine to drink

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So dress me in chains and bind me in
 shackles
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The last thing you'll hear is my 
cold hearted cackle
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The last thing you'll see is my 
G
twisted leer
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I'm a condemned man and I'll 
        Am
never get out of here

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The searchlight's sweeping up 
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from the prison tower
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The clock is creeping up to the 
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midnight hour
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Outside they're wailing, 
    F         C
"Repent, repent, repent, and 
believe"
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There's a telephone ringing but no
      E
 chance of reprieve

Am
All you straight shooters and God 
fearing dolts
      Am    Am/G    F       E
Can be scared rigid by electrical 
volts
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But I can't be killed by any regular
 means
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Or I'll come back to haunt you 
              Am
and visit your dreams