[ intro ]
Am
Am C D ( add4 ) F ( x4 )
[ verse ]
Am C Dadd4 F
my terr – i – ble ways
C E7
they got me in jail
F C
where some did succeed
G Am
i always did fail
G# C A7 F Fm
but i thought i was fine to wait for the day
C G# C F C
when id paid for my terrible ways
Am C D ( add4 ) F ( x2 )
[ verse ]
Am C Dadd4 F
my terr – i – ble ways
C E7
they came to and end
F C G Am
when a mighty deluge freed the criminal men
G# C
but i stayed in mississippi
A7 F Fm
and three souls i saved
C G# C F C
and so ended my terrible ways
[ chorus ]
F C
terrible ways , terrible ways
G Am
sooner or later a criminal pays
F C Am
and ill never have enough , enough
D7/F# F
to pay this off
Am C D ( add9 ) F ( x2 )
[ solo ]
play verse 1
x [ chorus ]
repeat chorus
Am C D ( add4 ) F
[ verse ]
Am C Dadd4 F
my terr – i – ble ways
C E7
the govenor forgave
F C G Am
on account of three souls and account of the wave
G# C A7 F Fm
that took my wife and baby and swept them away
C G# C F C
all cause of my terrible ways
[ chorus ]
F C
terrible ways , terrible ways
G Am
sooner or later i know im going to pay
F C Am
and ill never have enough , enough
D7/F# F
to pay this off
[ intro ]
Am
Am C D ( add4 ) F ( x4 )
[ verse ]
Am C Dadd4 F
my terr – i – ble ways
C E7
they got me in jail
F C
where some did succeed
G Am
i always did fail
G# C A7 F Fm
but i thought i was fine to wait for the day
C G# C F C
when id paid for my terrible ways
Am C D ( add4 ) F ( x2 )
[ verse ]
Am C Dadd4 F
my terr – i – ble ways
C E7
they came to and end
F C G Am
when a mighty deluge freed the criminal men
G# C
but i stayed in mississippi
A7 F Fm
and three souls i saved
C G# C F C
and so ended my terrible ways
[ chorus ]
F C
terrible ways , terrible ways
G Am
sooner or later a criminal pays
F C Am
and ill never have enough , enough
D7/F# F
to pay this off
Am C D ( add9 ) F ( x2 )
[ solo ]
play verse 1
x [ chorus ]
repeat chorus
Am C D ( add4 ) F
[ verse ]
Am C Dadd4 F
my terr – i – ble ways
C E7
the govenor forgave
F C G Am
on account of three souls and account of the wave
G# C A7 F Fm
that took my wife and baby and swept them away
C G# C F C
all cause of my terrible ways
[ chorus ]
F C
terrible ways , terrible ways
G Am
sooner or later i know im going to pay
F C Am
and ill never have enough , enough
D7/F# F
to pay this off
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