The Man I Killed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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