Intro: (2x) Am – (B) – C – G – D/F# Verse: Am (B) C G D/F# Why do I walk this path I travel on? Am (B) C G D/F# And why do I walk it alone? Am (B) C G D/F# Why do my tears role down my body? Am (B) C G D/F# And why’s my body cold as stone? Am (B) C G D/F# Why are the soldiers slowly creeping? Am (B) C G D/F# I lift my head up to the sky. Well, Am (B) C G D/F# Why do I see my mother weeping? Am (B) C G D/F# My lord has brought me here to die. Chorus: [2x] Am (B) C Well, well there’s these people that I must offend, because they G D don’t 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 (B) C G D/F# I know my knees are probably shaking. Am (B) C G D/F# (well) I have good reason for my fear. Am (B) C G D/F# This chosen journey I am taking. Am (B) C G D/F# In just three hours I’ll die here. Am (B) C G D/F# You lie me down but I don’t struggle. Am (B) C G D/F# You nail me down to my tree. Am (B) C G D/F# With just three bangs I was hanging. Am (B) C G D/F# Why has my lord done this to me. (Chorus) Bridge: F G Am G F Can you see me cry? (and) I’ll just hang here while I do. F G Am G F Can you see me die? I have done this all for you. Outro: G Am (B) C G D/F# Am (B) C G Let me die. Whoa. Let me die------how-dow-now-now-now. D/F# Am (B) C G D/F# Am Let me die----- Whoa. Let me die lord. (B) C G D/F# Am (B) die----- Whoa. Let me die lord. Let me go down. C G D/F# Let me go die--- Am -- (B) – C – G -- D/F# Am -- (B) – C – G -- D/F# If anyone wants an easier to read chart of this song feel free to email me at bencharity@gmail.com http://www.seanmcconnell.com/
