Chords for Jason Boland - False Accuser's Lament

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[G] _ _ _ I said I'd seen a killin' and [Am] could identify the feelin'
[C] Shot a [D] man beneath the town [G] hall floor
[D] _ [G] I was one of few, [Am] sure he never knew
[C] And I had to line [D] our pockets [C] with the [D] banker's [G] jealous gold
He said his lovin' woman sinned, [Am] let alone with the prince
[C] He couldn't have [D] his children's [G] mother's shame
_ [D] _ [G] I saw him shoot and run, [Am] could have been anyone
But [C] for the price of [D] a new plow, [C] a local [D] man [G] was framed _
[C] Now a nightly terror is [G] the fortune to be paid
[D] I hear the guilty yell, [C] I see his body [D] sway _
_ [G] Father, please forgive me for [C] I falsely [Am] testified
_ They had [G] me swear upon [D] the Bible and [G] I lied
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[G] _ _ _ I never strayed before, [Am] but the pain of being poor
[C] Lord, what [D] the hell came over [G] me?
_ [D] _ [G] This ain't who mama raised, [Am] not a dollar-fearing slave
[C] But the thought of losing [D] all our land [C] was [D] blinding [G] to see
_ [C] Now a nightly terror is [G] the fortune to be paid
[D] I hear the guilty yell, [C] I see his body [D] sway _ _
[G] Father, please forgive me for [C] I falsely [Am] testified _
They had [G] me swear upon [D] the Bible and [G] I lied
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Seeds _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ had all been sown, [Am] soon the crops were nearly grown
But [C] the rain let up, [D] the ground turned hard [G] as nails
[D] The [G] banker took my home, [Am] now I'm in these hells alone
[C] Oh, from time to time I [D] see his wife [C] in a [D] long [G] black veil
Oh, [C] how the nightly terror is [G] the fortune to be paid
[D] I hear the guilty yell, [C] I see his body [D] sway _
Father, [G] please forgive me for [C] I falsely [Am] testified
_ They had [G] me swear upon [D] the Bible and [G] I lied
_ Oh, Father, please forgive me for [C] I falsely [Am] testified
_ They had [G] me swear upon [D] the Bible and [G] I lied _ _ _ _
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