The Man I Killed

           G                       
When they tightly strap me in, give
     C           G
 me lethal injection,
       Bm              Em    
Just a few moments to live, no 
    C                D
remorse for what I did,
               G                   
It was for the betterment of man, I
           C
 gave the utmost
     G
sacrifice,
             Bm              C    
Before more damage could be done I
           G
 took his life.
            Em                     
There was a split second of silence
           C
 when the dart punctured

the skin,
       G                           
Beady eyes rolled back in head, the
       D
 body dropped from the

poison,
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           Em                  
They could incapacitate me, but 
        C
could not erase my sneer,
            G                      
I heard a thousand people 
               D
screaming, while three billion

others cheered,
       Em        C               D
He was gone, and I would soon be...

     G                     C      
Executed by the state, all appeals
              G
 would be in vain,
             Bm        Em     
I was not criminally insane, in 
          C            D
fact, I was found to be,

             G                     
An otherwise caring and respectable
     C        G
 member of society,
          Bm                C     
A minor threat, except for that 
         G
one man I killed.

       Em                          
As the sedatives take effect, I 
    C
just smile, close my eyes,
            G                    
There's a priest kneeling next to 
                 D
me, he asks me if I

realize,
      Em                           
I was going straight to hell, and 
   C
he thought that I should

know,
          G                        
That the man I killed's replacement
              D
 planned this whole

Scenario,
           Em         C       D  
And what I did had no 
     G
significance at all.