Intro:  (2x)
Am - (B) - C - G - D/F#

Verse:  
Am (x02210@1)  (B) C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)     D/F#Why (200232@1)do I walk this path I travel on?  
Am (x02210@1)   (B) C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)   D/F#And (200232@1)why do I walk it alone?  
Am (x02210@1)   (B) C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)   D/F#Why (200232@1)do my tears role down my body?
Am (x02210@1)     (B)  C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)   D/F#And (200232@1)why's my body cold as stone?
Am (x02210@1)     (B) C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)      D/F#Why (200232@1)are the soldiers slowly creeping?
Am (x02210@1)  (B) C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)D/F#I (200232@1)lift my head up to the sky.  Well,
Am (x02210@1)  (B) C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)    D/F#Why (200232@1)do I see my mother weeping?
Am (x02210@1)     (B)  C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)    D/F#My (200232@1)lord has brought me here to die.

Chorus:  [2x]
Am (x02210@1)                                (B) C (x32010@1)                                      
Well, well there's these people that I must offend, because they 
G (320003@1)                            Ddon't (xx0232@1)know where to go, and I don't know how it ends.


Interlude:  
Am - (B) C - G - D/F# - Am - (B) C - G - D/F#
                              Ends 

Verse 2:  
Am (x02210@1)  (B)  C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)     D/F#I (200232@1)know my knees are probably shaking.
Am (x02210@1)          (B)   C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     D/F#(well) (200232@1)I have good reason for my fear.
Am (x02210@1)    (B)  C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)     D/F#This (200232@1)chosen journey I am taking.
Am (x02210@1)     (B)  C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)     D/F#In (200232@1)just three hours I'll die here.
Am (x02210@1)   (B)  C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)     D/F#You (200232@1)lie me down but I don't struggle.
Am (x02210@1)    (B)  C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)     D/F#You (200232@1)nail me down to my tree.
Am (x02210@1)       (B)   C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)     D/F#With (200232@1)just three bangs I was hanging.
Am (x02210@1)   (B)  C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)     D/F#Why (200232@1)has my lord done this to me.


(Chorus)  

Bridge:  
F (133211@1)         G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)                 G (320003@1)              FCan (133211@1)you see me cry?  (and) I'll just hang here while I do.
F (133211@1)         G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1)               FCan (133211@1)you see me die?  I have done this all for you.  


Outro:  
    G (320003@1)Am (x02210@1)    (B)  C (x32010@1)G (320003@1)D/F# (200232@1)    Am (x02210@1)  (B) C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)    
Let me die.         Whoa. Let me die------how-dow-now-now-now.  
D/F# (200232@1) Am (x02210@1) (B)  C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)  D/F# (200232@1)           AmLet (x02210@1)me      die-----  Whoa.  Let me die lord.
(B)  C (x32010@1)    G (320003@1)  D/F# (200232@1)          Am (x02210@1)          (B)    
die-----  Whoa.  Let me die lord.    Let me go down.  
C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1) D/F#Let (200232@1)me go die---  

Am -- (B) - C - G -- D/F#
Am -- (B) - C - G -- D/F#

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