Capo: 2nd Fret
F#
"Oh, help me in my weakness,"
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I heard the drifter say,
F#
As they carried him from the courtroom
B/F# F#
And were taking him away.
F#
"My trip hasn't been a pleasant one
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And my time it isn't long,
And I still do not know
B/F# F#
What it was that I've done wrong."
F#
Well, the judge, he cast his robe aside,
B/F# F#
G# tear came to his eye,
F#
"You fail to understand," he said,
B/F# F#
"Why must you even try?"
F#
Outside, the crowd was stirring,
B/F# F#
You could hear it from the door.
Inside, the judge was stepping down,
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While the jury cried for more.
F#
"Oh, stop that cursed jury,"
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Cried the attendant and the nurse,
F#
"The trial was bad enough,
B/F# F#
But this is ten times worse."
F#
Just then a bolt of lightning
B/F# F#
Struck the courthouse out of shape,
And while ev'rybody knelt to pray
B/F# F#
The drifter did escape.
Cheers
Jack of Hearts