Chords for Martin Simpson - Thomas Drew

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You can cry about a nickel you might [G] die about a [D] dime
I got killed about a quarter in a [A] crack game
He [Bm] had blood [A] in his eye [G] and whiskey on [D] his breath.
_ I
[A] Got lucky and [G] he shot me to death
[D] _ What you gonna do [G] about a man like that?
[D] I
swear to cry [A] and shame
Where [Bm] you write [A] him a song [G] and you hang him in the air
Everybody knows _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ What _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
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[D] it took John down [G] to the riverside
[D] _ wash his [A] sins away _
[Bm] Then they carried [F#m] him down [G] to his [D] hanging ground
So the world [A] could watch [G] him pay _
[D] Yeah, it took John down [G] to his hanging ground
[D] 3,000 come to see [A] him die
to watch him
[G] Struggle in the [D] air.
He took a long long time
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_ [D] Oh
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_ They say John Hardy was [G] a desperate little man he was [D] the meanest man I
[A] ever knew _
[A] and if anyone should ask [G] you who wrote [D] this song you say my [A] name is [G] Thomas Drew _
[D] You can cry about a nickel [G] you might die about a dime.
[D] I got killed about a quarter
in [A] a crap game
He [Bm] had blood [A] in his eye.
[G] He had whiskey [D] on his breath.
I
[A] Got lucky [D] and he shot me to death
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