Tom: E
Introdução:
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Well that judge he found me guilty of wrong doing
A E
And he sentenced me to hang in mid-July
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He looked down at me and said your life?s a ruin
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If I were you I'd break right down and cry
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But nobody seems to care that I ain't guilty
A E
I never did the things they said I've done
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But I guess they're gonna have to hang somebody
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And it's lookin like I'm gonna be the one
A E
So send my body home on a freight train
A E
And don't worry none that I don't go first class
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Send my body home on a freight train
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So everyone can see me when I pass
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And don't worry none about no fancy funeral
A E
Cause it don?t matter how they lay me down
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Just see they bury me out by mama's apple tree
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And send my body back to my home town
Well, my mama was one damn hard workin woman