Elvis Costello – A Condemned Man (Ukulele)

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Am
Judge said, "Son, you better say your prayers

                               F      E
Got a noose that fits you and some gallow stairs

    Am   Am/G                    E
And by this time tomorrow you won't be alive

Am         Am/G    F
Soon we'll be giving you 10,000 volts"

E                           Am
And I said, "Make that twenty five"
The firing squad have got me right in their sights Got me strapped up tightly with some dynamite And I hear the executioner has got a brand new kink He's giving me cyanide to breathe and strychnine to drink
    F     C/B  Am
So dress me in chains and bind me in shackles

    F        C/B  Am
The last thing you'll hear is my cold hearted cackle

    F      C/B   Am    D       G
The last thing you'll see is my twisted leer

      C   C7    F         E             Am
I'm a condemned man and I'll never get out of here

    G          D             F         C
The searchlight's sweeping up from the prison tower

    G        D            F         C
The clock is creeping up to the midnight hour

    G        D       F       F      F         C
Outside they're wailing, "Repent, repent, repent, and believe"

       C7        F                      E
There's a telephone ringing but no chance of reprieve

Am
All you straight shooters and God fearing dolts

      Am    Am/G    F       E
Can be scared rigid by electrical volts

   F  C/B   Am        D     G
But I can't be killed by any regular means

   C      C7    F       E                     Am
Or I'll come back to haunt you and visit your dreams