A CONDEMNED MAN A5 Judge said, "Son, you better say your prayers F5 E5 Got a noose that fits you and some gallow stairs A5 A5 E5 And by this time tomorrow you won't be alive A5 A5 F5 Soon we'll be giving you 10,000 volts" E5 A5 And I said, "Make that twenty five" The firing squad have got me right in their sights Got me strapped up tightly with some dynamite And I hear the executioner has got a brand new kink He's giving me cyanide to breathe and strychnine to drink F5 C5 A5 So dress me in chains and bind me in shackles F5 C5 A5 The last thing you'll hear is my cold hearted cackle F5 C5 A5 D5 G5 The last thing you'll see is my twisted leer C5 C5 F5 E5 A5 I'm a condemned man and I'll never get out of here G5 D5 F5 C5 The searchlight's sweeping up from the prison tower G5 D5 F5 C5 The clock is creeping up to the midnight hour G5 D5 F5 F5 F5 C5 Outside they're wailing, "Repent, repent, repent, and believe" C5 F5 E5 There's a telephone ringing but no chance of reprieve A5 All you straight shooters and God fearing dolts A5 A5 F5 E5 Can be scared rigid by electrical volts F5 C5 A5 D5 G5 But I can't be killed by any regular means C5 C5 F5 E5 A5 Or I'll come back to haunt you and visit your dreams