Shindig Avenue – Death Sentence Blues chords

[Verse 1]
                        EmI spent a year inside of Folsom
                      DA couple more in Reno too
                          AmNow I'm strapped down to a table
                     BFor a crime I didn't do
                          EmAnd I've been keeping it a secret
                         DOnly the sheriff's widow knows
                           AmIt wasn't me who killed her husband
                      BThis is how the story goes:

[Verse 2]
EmWe met on a bridge at a quarter to two
DWe decided to run. It was all we could do
Am                                    BBut he had followed us to the edge of town
EmAnd he came from the dark and took me by surprise.
DAs I saw my life flash right before my own eyes
Am                            BI heard the gunshots ring out through the darkness

[Pre-Chorus]
C            DAnd when the deed was done
C                        DIt was my lover with the smoking gun
         C                  DI said, "I shot. You ran. I killed your husband"

[Chorus]
 GThe killer's in me
BI'm so crazy,
Em                             C  BA voice told me to do it in my dream
Am                 C                 GNo, I didn't see a woman fleeing the scene
BIt was me, I acted all alone

[Interlude]
Em D Am B

[Verse 3]
                             EmThey beat me down till I was broken
                           DI didn't think they'd ever stop
                           AmShe never told me that her husband
                 BWas an undercover cop
                         EmBut I was sticking to my story
                      DI got no motive, no excuse
                               AmShe said that she could get me out
                           BBut she could never get me loose
         EmAnd the verdict was guilty on all of the counts
       DAnd I had no defense, I had only one out
       Am                             BAs the prosecution called in one last witness
EmAnd she walked through the door with a tear in her eye
DWhen she walked down the aisle, she broke down and cried
    Am                      BBut no one will ever really quite no why (no!)
C               DShe sat on the witness stand
        C                 DAnd said the alibi that we had planned
C                D"He shot. I ran. I didn't kill my husband!"

[Chorus]
GThe killer's in me
BI'm so crazy,
Em                             C  BA voice told me to do it in my dream
Am                 C                 GNo, I didn't see a woman fleeing the scene
B                     CIt was me, I acted all alone
                          DI pulled the trigger on my own
             B         EmAnd now I'm gonna die alone…

[Instrumental]
Em A C A Em A D  x2

[Chorus]
C                    DTook a glimpse at the setting sun
C              DI regret some things i've done
Cbut she shot.  I ran.
DI didn't kill her husband!
GThe killer's not me
BI'm not that crazy
Em                                   C  BBut now's not the time for me to come clean
Am                C                G        BNo I didn't see a woman fleeing the scene….

[Outro]
C D D# Em