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 bunch 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 laugh in his face and then I 
                                                  E
spit in his 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
to free my soul with 13 minutes to go.  And he's talkin bout burnin but I'm so damn 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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B|--0----X----3----X----2----|
G|--1----4----4----7----2----|
D|--2----4----5----7----2----|
A|--2----2----5----5----0----|
E|--0----X----3----X----0----|