C#m B E


[Verse]
    A            C#m            D
Oh lord, anybody see my trial grieves for I
     Bm          D             E                   A                D
Why lord, I was badly beaten, found by loved ones,   battered by an irate husband
Bm                  E              A
   Searching for a man that wasn't I
         D                  E           A                    F#m           B                   E           A
When we reach the court we gone inside, the hand of justice shall preside over this case the trial shall begin


[Chorus]
      A            F#m                 E               A
Your Honour, I was inside the closet, minding I and I own business
                      F#m                E                A
Your Honour, it was a complete stranger causing these disturbances
     F#m
Him claims that I touch him wife, which is a wicked and awful lie
                      A                        E                       A
Me two hands dem was occupied, me shirt in me left and me pants in me right
                                          E                       A      D E A   D E A
Me hand dem was occupied, me shirt in me left and me pants in me right


[Verse]
      A                     C#m              D
Dear Judge, can this court accept my story from me heart?
     Bm            D                 E               A                D
Why Judge, if by chance you don't believe this tale, ask him why she will not fail
    Bm            E              A
To agree I was a better man than he
 D                  E              A                 F#m                 B                E          A
Just in case she refuse to answer, ask the maid downstairs, Agatha, she gonna be glad to testify for me


[Chorus]
                  A            F#m                 E               A
I tell him, Your Honour, I was inside the closet, minding I and I own business
                      F#m                E                A
Your Honour, it was a complete stranger causing these disturbances
     F#m
Him claims that I touch him wife, which is a wicked and awful lie
                      A                        E                       A
Me two hands dem was occupied, me shirt in me left and me pants in me right
                                          E                       A      D E A   D E A
Me hand dem was occupied, me shirt in me left and me pants in me right


[Verse]
      A                      C#m               D
Dear corporal, as you lock me in this prison pray for I
        Bm         D                    E              A                 D
Please corporal, please don't leave me here to wonder why the court has made this blunder
 Bm                E                A
Grabbed me for a crime that wasn't fair,
           D                E               A              F#m               B                E            A
Corporal when you goin' to send me dinner, send your mother or your sister, one more day of this I cannot bear


[Chorus]
                   A            F#m                 E               A
Hear me now, Your Honour, I was inside the closet, minding I and I own business
                      F#m                E                A
Your Honour, it was a complete stranger causing these disturbances
     F#m
Him claims that I touch him wife, which is a wicked and awful lie
                      A                        E                       A
Me two hands dem was occupied, me shirt in me left and me pants in me right
                                          E                       A 
Me hand dem was occupied, me shirt in me left and me pants in me right


[Coda]
      A            F#m                 E               A
Your Honour, I was inside the closet, minding I and I own business
                      F#m                E                A
Your Honour, it was a complete stranger causing these disturbances