G
Well, they're building the gallows outside my cell
D
and I've got 25 minutes to go.
And the whole town's waitin just to hear me yell,
G
I've got 24 minutes to go.
Well, they gave me some beans for my last meal
with 23 minutes to go,
but nobody asked me how I feel,
I've got 22 minutes to go.
Well, I sent for the governor and the whole darn bunch
with 21 minutes to go,
and I called up the mayor but he's out to lunch,
I got 20 more minutes to go.
Then the sheriff said boy, I'm gonna watch
you die with 19 minutes to go,
soI laughed in his face and I spit in his eye
with 18 minutes to go.
E
Now here comes the preacher for to save my soul
B
with 13 minutes to go,
and he's talkin bout burnin but I'm so cold,
E
12 more minutes to go.
Well, they're testin the trap and it chills my spine,
B
11 more minutes go,
and the trap and the rope, they work just fine,
E
10 more minutes to go.
Well, I'm waitin for the pardon that'll set me free
B
with 9 more minutes to go,
but this ain't the movies, so forget about me,
E
8 more minutes to go.
With my feet on the trap and my head in the noose,
5 more minutes to go.
Won't somebody come and cut me loose?
4 more minutes to go.
I can see the mountain I can see the sky,
3 more minutes to go,
and it's too darn pretty for a man to die,
2 more minutes to go.
I can see the buzzards, I can hear the crows,
D
1 more minute to go,
and now I'm swingin
and here I gooooo...
