Death Row ukulele

Death Row

• Intro

Intro
D G A D
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Verse 1
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Just last week I went to prison
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To see some boys down on death row
             A
Brought some guitars and my buddies
                       G      D
To play some songs I thought they'd know

I could feel myself trembling
                           G
When I shook one of their hands
               A
I thought that he would be a monster
                            G     D
Turns out he's a whole lot like I am

Chorus
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Yeah, we talked hunting, we talked fishing
       D
Like I do with boys back home
     Bm
How Jesus is the ticket
     A
And narrow is the road
          G
About how all we need is forgiveness
         D                   Bm
'Fore we see them streets of gold
        D                                    A                  D
Yeah, I learned a lot 'bout livin' from them boys down on death row

Verse 2
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One of 'em name's was Johnny
                                  G
Ain't touched the grass in thirty years
      A
Maybe I ain't supposed to feel sorry no
                     G       D
But it 'bout brought me to tears

Then it hit me, we're all human
                               G
Ain't always proud of what we done
      A
Everybody's days are numbered
                              G          D
Only difference is, they all know which ones

Chorus
                 G
Yeah, we talked hunting, we talked fishing
       D
Like I do with boys back home
     Bm
How Jesus is the ticket
     A
And narrow is the road
          G
About how all we need is forgiveness
         D                   Bm
'Fore we see them streets of gold
        D                                    A                  D
Yeah, I learned a lot 'bout livin' from them boys down on death row

Break 1
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Verse 3
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One of 'em sang, "Amazing Grace", how sweet the sound

With one hand raised and one foot chained to the ground
         G                                     D
Yeah, he sang it like he knew he'd just been found
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Yeah that next week, they laid him six feet down

Break 2
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Chorus 2
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I can't say that he's in Heaven, who am I to judge his soul?
     D                                   A                  Bm
But Jesus don't play favorites, sayin' a name that He don't know
       D                                      A                  D
Yeah I learned that and then some, with them boys down on death row
  D                                         A                  D
I learned all that and then some, from the boys down on death row

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