Zach Williams – Killed A Man (Guitar)

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[Chorus]
  A                   G
I killed a man in the river

        D
Yeah, I watched the current

G     D    A
Carry him away

        A                        G
Yeah, I killed a man down in the river

               D              G        D       A
Yeah, I had to take a life to keep one out the grave
[Interlude] A G D A G D [Verse 1]
       A
He was friends with the devil

       A
Wasn't worth a dang

         G
Tried to drown me in the bottle

         D
Tried to choke me on smoke

       A
He was hurtin' my mama

    A
Had my old man

G                              D
Prayin' like a preacher at the end of his rope
[Prechorus]
       G
It was justified

       G
It was self-defense

       G
It was do-or-die

       G
It was me or him
[Chorus]
     A                   G
So I killed a man in the river

        D
Yeah, I watched the current

G     D    A
Carry him away

        A                        G
Yeah, I killed a man down in the river

               D              G        D       A
Yeah, I had to take a life to keep one out the grave
[Verse 2]
       A
Didn't pull no knife

       G
Didn't fire no gun

     D                             G       D
Just held him under long enough to put him down

  A                      G
Nobody's gonna miss that prodigal son

     D                                G       D
He's probably halfway down the Mississippi by now
[Prechorus]
          G
Went from guilty in sin

   G
To covered in blood

    G
Now who I am ain't who I was
[Chorus]
  A                   G
I killed a man in the river

        D
Yeah, I watched the current

G     D    A
Carry him away

        A                        G
Yeah, I killed a man down in the river

               D              G        D       A
Yeah, I had to take a life to keep one out the grave
[Bridge]
G   D          A
  Wipin' muddy water out of my eyes

G            D       A
  And that's the day that I saw the light

      G       D    A
'Bout six feet out in the Buffalo

    G    D
Was my Damascus Road
[Chorus]
     A                   G
So I killed a man in the river

        D
Yeah, I watched the current

G     D    A
Carry him away

        A                        G
Yeah, I killed a man down in the river

               D              G        D       A
Yeah, I had to take a life to keep one out the grave
[Tag]
                        D
Oh, sometimes you gotta take a life

   G        D       A
To keep one out the grave
[Instrumental] A G D A G D A [Outro]
  G               D
I killed a man, I killed a man

  A             G   D    A G D
I killed a man (ohh-ohh)

       A
He was friends with the devil

       A
Wasn't worth a dang

         G
Tried to drown me in the bottle

         D
Tried to choke me on smoke