Billy Austin Chords

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 My nDame is Billy AuG/Dstin and I'm Atwenty-nine years olDd

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G/DI was born in Oklahoma quarter Cherokee I'm told

 Don't remember OklahDoma been so G/Dlong since I left hAome

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 SeemsA like DI've always been in prison like I've always been alone

Didn't mean to hurt nobody never thought I'd cross that line

I held up a filling station like I'd done a hundred times

The kid done like I told him he lay face down on the floor

guess I'll never know what made me turn and walk back through that door

The shot rang out like thunder my ears rang like a bell

No one came runnin' so I called the cops myself

Took their time to get there and I guess I could'a run

I knew I should be feeling something but I never shed tear one

I didn't even make the papers 'cause I only killed one man

but my trial was over quickly and then the long hard wait began

Court appointed lawyer couldn't look me in the eye

He just stood up and closed his briefcase when they sentenced me to die

Now my waitin's over as the final hour drags by

I ain't about to tell you that I don't deserve to die

But there's twenty-seven men here mostly black, brown and poor

Most of em are guilty who are you to say for sure?

So when the preacher comes to get me and they shave off all my hair

Could you take that long walk with me knowing hell is waitin' there?

Could you pull that switch yourself Sir, with a sure and steady hand?

Could you still tell youself, Sir, that you're better than I am?

G/DMy name is Billy DAustin I'm G/Dtwenty-nine years Aold

 I was G/Dborn in OklahBmoma quarter G/DCherokee I'm Bmtold