Key: G
Introduction: G
G
No strangers in this town, nobody moves without making a sound
C9
You live and die within the borders and the lines
G
No one dies without paying their fines
verse 2
G
No lovers in this town, the moon's full but it sure ain't round
C9
And just because you lie in his bed
G
Don't mean he meant the things he said
C9 G
They marry young in these parts, they work the factories
C9
I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods
Em7 D G
So no one would sing some bible song over me
verse 3
G
My cousin died in his sleep, forty pills, two kids to keep
C9
And how will she explain to those kids
G
About the sorry thing daddy did
C9 G
They marry young in these parts, they raise their kids and set them free
C9
I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods
Em7 D G
So no one would sing some bible song over me
Bridge
C9 G
They buried him out in the cold, he was only twenty-four years old
C9 D G
How his mother came undone, when the choir sang hallelujah
Tag
C9 G
I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods
C9 G
I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods
Outro
C9 G C G
Hallelujah Hallelujah ? ahh, Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah
C G C
Hallelujah hallelujah, Hallelujah