Em C6
she had a chalk – white face and dandelion hair
D D A D/A A
t’was a wisp of a woman who lived in the tenement upstairs
D C D/C C
where the walls were so thin
you could hear her
| Em A/E | Em A/E | Em A/E |
bleedin’
Em Cmaj7
he was mountain of a man that stunk o’ brewdog ale
D/G D6/9 A D/A A
with a fist he swung like a curved – claw hammer on a nail
G/B C D/C C
with all of his might
most every
| Em A/E | Em A/E | Em A/E | Em
night
C D Em7 G A
then it came one day on a cold day in july
Am7 C6 D D6 G B7sus4 B7
a time to choose to either live or die
C D/C D B7/D# Em D6 A/C#
like a low – hung fruit sprung from the tree of life
C G/B Am F#7
yeah the moment had arrived
B7
as he wrapped his hands around her throat
before the kitchen lights went dark
she took hold of the butcher knife
G/F F Em G7
and she drove it in to his
| Em | A/E | Em Em/D | A/C#
heart
B7
she drove it in to his
| Em | A/E | Em Em/D | A/C# B7+9 |
heart
| Em A/E | Em A/E | Em A/E | Em
Em C6
soon the police came and they laid her in cuffs
Gsus2 Dsus2 A D/A A
threw her in the back of a black and white and sure enough
C D/C C
they locked her away
C
and there she would
| Em A/E | Em A/E | Em A/E | Em
stay
Cmaj13
until such time her case was assigned
Gsus2 Dsus2 A D/A A7
to a public defender who had ten other trials on his mind
C D/C C
thus the verdict was in
before a word was
| Em A/E | Em A/E | Em A/E | Em
spoken
C D Em7 G A
then it came one day on a cold day in july
Am7 C6 D D6 G B7sus4 B7
a time to choose to either live or die
C D/C D B7/D# Em D A/C#
like a low – hung fruit sprung from the tree of life
C G/B Am F#7
yeah the moment had arrived
B7
as i heard her shout , “no way , no how!
no more blood and tears will i shed!”
and then there came that terrible silence
G/F F Em B7
and that mountain of a man was
| Em | A/E | Em Em/D | A/C#
dead
B7
ya that mountain of a man was
| Em | A/E | G/C D/G | D Cmaj7 |
dead
| A#6 G#maj7 | G F | Em | Em | Em9 | Em9 |
Em D6/9
she weren’t no newsworthy face , no lady fair
Gsus2 Dsus2 A D/A A
just a hard – luck woman who lived in the tenement upstairs
C D/C C
who by a jury of her peers
Em7
got twenty – five years
Em C6
she had a chalk – white face and dandelion hair
D D A D/A A
t’was a wisp of a woman who lived in the tenement upstairs
D C D/C C
where the walls were so thin
you could hear her
| Em A/E | Em A/E | Em A/E |
bleedin’
Em Cmaj7
he was mountain of a man that stunk o’ brewdog ale
D/G D6/9 A D/A A
with a fist he swung like a curved – claw hammer on a nail
G/B C D/C C
with all of his might
most every
| Em A/E | Em A/E | Em A/E | Em
night
C D Em7 G A
then it came one day on a cold day in july
Am7 C6 D D6 G B7sus4 B7
a time to choose to either live or die
C D/C D B7/D# Em D6 A/C#
like a low – hung fruit sprung from the tree of life
C G/B Am F#7
yeah the moment had arrived
B7
as he wrapped his hands around her throat
before the kitchen lights went dark
she took hold of the butcher knife
G/F F Em G7
and she drove it in to his
| Em | A/E | Em Em/D | A/C#
heart
B7
she drove it in to his
| Em | A/E | Em Em/D | A/C# B7+9 |
heart
| Em A/E | Em A/E | Em A/E | Em
Em C6
soon the police came and they laid her in cuffs
Gsus2 Dsus2 A D/A A
threw her in the back of a black and white and sure enough
C D/C C
they locked her away
C
and there she would
| Em A/E | Em A/E | Em A/E | Em
stay
Cmaj13
until such time her case was assigned
Gsus2 Dsus2 A D/A A7
to a public defender who had ten other trials on his mind
C D/C C
thus the verdict was in
before a word was
| Em A/E | Em A/E | Em A/E | Em
spoken
C D Em7 G A
then it came one day on a cold day in july
Am7 C6 D D6 G B7sus4 B7
a time to choose to either live or die
C D/C D B7/D# Em D A/C#
like a low – hung fruit sprung from the tree of life
C G/B Am F#7
yeah the moment had arrived
B7
as i heard her shout , “no way , no how!
no more blood and tears will i shed!”
and then there came that terrible silence
G/F F Em B7
and that mountain of a man was
| Em | A/E | Em Em/D | A/C#
dead
B7
ya that mountain of a man was
| Em | A/E | G/C D/G | D Cmaj7 |
dead
| A#6 G#maj7 | G F | Em | Em | Em9 | Em9 |
Em D6/9
she weren’t no newsworthy face , no lady fair
Gsus2 Dsus2 A D/A A
just a hard – luck woman who lived in the tenement upstairs
C D/C C
who by a jury of her peers
Em7
got twenty – five years
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