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| Tab Definitions:										  
|  A: x02220								  
| s4: x02230 (Asus4)						  
|  D: xx0232							  
|  E: 022100							  
| Bb: 688766								  
| Eb: x68886								  
  F: x|8|10|10|10|8						  
|Bb5: x133xx							  
|Db5: x466xx								  
|  p: Pull ogf							 
|  x: Muted note							

This song is made difficult by the half-step key change after the fourth verse. The switch from open
chords to bar chords is not very appealing, so it may sound better to keep the song in A major throughout.

INTRO:
      /g A (x02220@1) s4    A (x02220@1)    /g A (x02220@1) s4 A (x02220@1)    /g A (x02220@1) s4    A (x02220@1)      /g A (x02220@1) s4 Ae|-------0---0-0-0-----------0---0--0---------0-----------0---------0---0--0 (x02220@1)B|-------2---3-3-3p2---------2---3--2---------2---3-3-3p2-----------2---3--2
G|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2
D|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2
A|-x-x---0-------------x-x---0----------x-x---0---------------x-x---0---0--0
E|-----3-------------------3----------------3---------------------3---------
VERSE 1:
AI'm (x02220@1)in a women's prison
     D (xx0232@1)       AWith (x02220@1)bars all around
  EI (022100@1)caught my darlin' cheatin'
       D (xx0232@1)             AThat's (x02220@1)when I shot him down

I caught him in a honky-tonk
       D (xx0232@1)            AWith (x02220@1)a girl I used to know
    EThe (022100@1)door to my cell is open wide
      D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)  Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A  /g A (x02220@1)Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
And a voice cries out, "Oh, no!"

VERSE 2:
    AThe (x02220@1)judge says I'm guilty
   D (xx0232@1)            AMy (x02220@1)sentence is to die
  EI (022100@1)know I've been forgiven
        D (xx0232@1)              ABut (x02220@1)the price of love is high

CHORUS:
          DThere's (xx0232@1)a crowd outside screamin',
                   A"Let (x02220@1)that murderer die"
     DBut (xx0232@1)above all their voices
                   EI (022100@1)can hear my mama cry

VERSE 3:
    AI'm (x02220@1)sittin' here on death row
     D (xx0232@1)                AAnd, (x02220@1)Lord, I've lost my mind
    EFor (022100@1)love I've killed my darlin'
        D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)  Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A  /g A (x02220@1)Asus4 (x02230@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
And for love I'll lose my life

VERSE 4:
      BbI (x1333x@1)can hear the warden coming
         Eb (x43121@3)            BbFrom (x1333x@1)the clinging of his keys
    FBut (133211@1)when they come to get me
                Eb (x43121@3)           BbThey'll (x1333x@1)have to drag me off my knees

The door to my cell swings open
     Eb (x43121@3)           BbIt's (x1333x@1)time for me to go
    FThe (133211@1)priest is readin' my last rights
          Eb (x43121@3)                       BbHe (x1333x@1)says, "Dyin's part of livin', you know"

CHORUS:
          EbThere's (x43121@3)a crowd outside screamin',
                   Bb"Let (x1333x@1)that murderer fry"
     EbBut (x43121@3)above all their voices
                     F (133211@1)   BbYou (x1333x@1)can hear my mama cry

VERSE 5:
BbNow (x1333x@1)they've strapped me in the chair
    EbAnd (x43121@3)covered up my eyes
        FAnd (133211@1)the last voice I hear on Earth
             BbIs (x1333x@1)my mama's cry

"Amazing Grace how sweet the sound

That saved a wretch like me

I once was lost, but now am found

Was blind, but now I see"

Played 8x:
Bb5   Db5 Db5


Bb (x1333x@1)