Intro:    E 
 
Verse 1:  E                   A                E             A 
          I spent my last two birthdays in the Travis County Jail 
          E             A                 E                     B7 
          Tomorrow I go up for life but I should go straight to hell 
          B7                                 A                 E 
          Hell's got no more room for me and it's got no more time 
          A               B7            E 
          I should be confessin' all my crimes 
 

          E                 A              E            A 
          Four years ago my debt was piled high upon my mind 
          E               A             E                B7 
          And I devised a plan to rob a bank just to survive 
          B7 
          Oh, but when the gunsmoke cleared                                   
              A               E 
          I saw two bodies on the ground 
          A              B7           E 
          Thirteen hours later I was found 
 

chorus:              B                       A             E 
           Don't you feel any sorrow for the man that I've been 
                        B 
          'Cause in the waking of tomorrow                                    
               A               E 
           They will find me full of sin 
                 A        E               B           E 
           I got news for you, I ain't as bad as they say 
                 A        E 
           I got news for you it looks like, 
           B               A         E 
           That just don't matter today 
 

Instru:    E  A  E  B7  E 
 
Verse 2:   E                         A            E         A 
           Well the verdict came and right away,