Tono: D
Introducción: G D A7 D
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Oh, I was born a good boy, my mama loved me so,
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she gave me every chance she could, to make my life a go.
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But I fell in with the wrong crowd and the wrong crowd led me on,
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but I could have gone right, just as easy as I went wrong.
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I went to the places, where sin just waits for you,
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and I fell in with the wrong crowd, like sinners always do
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Now here I sit in prison, just waiting for the day
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when they'll lead me through that door and burn my life away.
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Oh, mama please forgive me, the shame is all my own,
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for I could have gone right, just as easy as I went wrong.
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Oh, mama please forgive me, the shame is all my own,
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for I could have gone right, just as easy as I went wrong.