Key of D5 Throughout the song, play the two bass notes of the chords B5 , D5 , and G5 during the verses. Use the bar chords for these. In the chorus it opens up and then I don't use the bar chords. Intro: B5 , D5 , B5 , D5 B5 D5 I dreamed I was dying in Texas B5 D5 I closed my eyes and I signed B5 D5 Like a black and white movie I saw my days G5 B5 Playing out before my eyes D5 B5 I was crippled by a life of injustice D5 B5 I was bent from walking through the wind D5 B5 I plead guilty on a day of judgement G5 A5 God just shook my hand and grinned D5 A5 G5 And he said, come on in, D5 B5 A5 G5 You did the best that you could do B5 A5 G5 There's a little bit of right in every wrong D5 A5 G5 There's a little bit of me in you B5 D5 Sister I know that you're weary B5 D5 You've been slaving in the sun all day B5 D5 The burn of life in your belly G5 B5 Sorrow in your heart of clay D5 B5 Your husband was a man of passion D5 B5 Passion stole your husband away D5 B5 And your son gave a life for your freedom G5 A5 But you feel like a prisoner anyway. Sister.... chorus, then B5 , D5 , B5 , D5 B5 D5 I left my home and my family B5 D5 With my shoes in the dust of this land B5 D5 I found a job and a woman G5 B5 But nothing went the way I planned D5 B5 I was ambushed by my own good intentions D5 B5 Used up every dollar I earned D5 B5 So I went back to the home of my father D5 B5 And said, "your American son has returned" G5 A5 "Dad, your American son has returned" ... and he said chorus chorus (without chords) chorus-repeat and fade
