E 							  E

They’re building the gallows outside of my own cell.  I’ve got 25 minutes to 

B                  						      E

go.  In 25 minutes I’ll be in hell, I’ve got 24 minutes to go.  Well they gave 

							   B

me some peas for my last meal with 23 minutes to go.  And you know nobody’s 

							 E

asking me oh how I feel I’ve got 22 minutes to go.  So I wrote the Gov’nor and 

						B

the whole damn ???? with 21 minutes to go.  And I called up the Mayor and you 

							 E

know he’s out to lunch with 20 more minutes to go.  And the Sheriff said “Boy, 

						   B	

I wanna watch you die” with 19 minutes to go.  So I spit in his face and then I 

						  E

kicked him in the eye with 18 minutes to go.





G 								          D	

Well I called to the warden to take my plea with 17 minutes to go.  He says 

								G

“Call me back in a week or three” with 16 minutes to go.  Well my lawyer says 

								D

he’s sorry and he’ll miss my case with 15 minutes to go.  Well if you’re so 

								G

sorry then come and take my place with 14 minutes to go.  Well he comes Padre 

					    D

gonna set me free with 13 minutes to go.  And I’m stuck in my bed and you know 

							G

I feel so fuckin cold with 12 more minutes to go.  Now they’re testing the 

									D

trap, I’ve got chills down my spine with 11 more minutes to go.  Cuz the god-

									G

damn thing seems to work just fine with 10 more minutes to go.  I’m waiting for 

							      D

the pardon gonna set me free with 9 more minutes to go.  But this ain’t the 

							    G

movies so the hell with me with 8 more minutes to go.





A

Now I’m climbing up the ladder that the scaffolder built with 7 more minutes to 

 E										       A

go. I better watch my step before I break my leg with 6 more minutes to go.  

											  

With my feet on the trap and my head in the noose I’ve got 5 more minutes to 

 E										    A

go.  Well come on someone and cut me loose I’ve got 4 more minutes to go.  I 

									    E

can see the mountains I can see the sky with 3 more minutes to go.  And it’s 

									     A

too damn pretty for a man to want to die with 2 more minutes to go.  I can hear 

							     E

the bush and I see the crows with 1 more minute to go.  And now I’m swinging 



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