Nortabs

Intro-grep: G-C-D/Am-C-D-G-D-C-G


[G]I write to you this letter
You will [C]get it in the [G]mail

I hope that you're not tired
Of my [C]letters sent from ja[D]il
I spent [Am]twenty years in pr[C]ison
For a crime I did not [D]do
And [G]noone do bel[D]ieve that
I'm [C]innocent but [G]you


I never hurt nobody
And [C]that's the truth I [G]swear

Someone says they saw me on the scene
But I [C]wasn't even [D]near
An [Am]officer was [C]shot to death
By machinegun [D]fire
It's [G]almost twenty [D]years ago
And they [C]still can me a [G]liar
Oh [Am]this is a nightmare


 It really is
I just [D]hope down the line

That there is some justice
[G]Help me God, if you are up there
I [C]really didn't shoot that guy, I swear
The [Am]judge and the jury

They didn't even look at me
I [D]had no lawyer and no defence, see
They [G]let 'em all feel the wrath of your power
I [C]pay it with my young life
Cos they are cowards[Am]
Cos they are cowards[D]

So I w[G]rite to you my darlin'
So that [C]you can bring it [G]on

And prove to them my innocence
[C]After I'm g[D]one
[Am]Only before [C]God can I confess
Without [D]shame
A [G]killer's out there [D]in the street
And [C]I got all the [G]blame


Can I trust you to see that these words
Are [C]written on my [G]stone

Don't bother with my name
Cos I'd [C]rather be un[D]known
[Am]Here lies Mr.[C]Innocent
He never shed a [D]tear
You [G]wanted his young [D]life
[C]Now enjoy your [G]dinner

  Am-D-G-C (Under hele partiet)

*Lalalalalala*

[Am]Thank you and goodnight, people of the land
The [D]system failed for an innocent man
I was [G]14, had not yet been with a woman
[C]Now I'm 34 and I still haven't been with one
[Am]To my mom and dad, I brought alot of pain
And [D]now they don't want me to carry their name
Now [G]I'm just a number, a number in cha[C]ins

 I live my life in shame


[Am]Thank you and goodnight, people of the land
The [D]system failed for an innocent man
I was [G]14, had not yet been with a woman
[C]Now I'm 34 and I still haven't been with one
[Am]To my mom and dad, I brought alot of pain
And [D]now they don't want me to carry their name
Now [G]I'm just a number, a number in [C]chains
I live my life in [Am]shame
In [D]shame
In [G]shame (Mmm-hmm-mmm)