C
See through the prison bars
G
Joe Bean, see where the gallows stand
F C
Just twenty short years from the day you were born
G C
You died by the hangman's hand
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C
Yes, they're hanging Joe Bean this morning
G7
For a shooting that he never did
C7 F C G7 C
He killed 20 men, by the time he was 10, he was an unruly kid
F C G C
Yes, they're hanging Joe Bean for the one shooting that Joe Bean never did
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C
Well, Joe - your mother is at the Capitol
G
Asking the governor for a stay
F
And it's hard on her
C G C
Because she knows where you were, on that particular day
F C G C
You were working Joe Bean, hard working, robbing the Santa Fe
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C
Well, the telegraph wires are humming
G
Here, the governor's words come through
C7 F C G7 C
He said, I can't set you free, it's not up to me, but this much, Joe Bean, I'll do
F C G C
I'll join your mother in extending Birthday greetings to you
