Chords for Stonewall Jackson - Drinking And Driving

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[G] _ I _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ won't [G] be home _ [C] anymore I'll _ _ _ _ [F] be _ so far _ [C] away _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] In _ my _ lonely [C] _ _ prison [Am] cell _ _ [C] Until _ my [G] _ _ [C] dying day _ _
_ _ _ _ Friends, I don't [G] want to burden you Or [C] waste too much of your day _
But I've got a sad story I'd like [F] to tell About a life that's just wasting away
_ [C] I had a good home and a family one time And riches of [F] diamonds and jewels
But one night while out on a party, my friends [C] I broke one of [A] God's golden rules
[Am] _ Thou [C] shalt not kill was burned deep in my [G] heart that day
While [C] drinking too much and driving too fast I took three lives away
_ So then I was [G] tried and convicted And [C] the judge said no mercy on me
He said we must make an [F] example So I was sent to this penitentiary
_ [C] Ninety-nine years was my sentence Never no more will I roam
[F] Never to be with my loved ones so dear No [C] place but this cell to call home
[Am] I'm alone in my [C] shame _ And despair [G] is written deep in my soul
[C] _ For the price I must pay for drinking and driving Can't be paid in [G] silver and gold
I [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ can't see [G] my _ [C] little darling _ _ _ _ _ [F] Or watch my _ babies [C] at play _
Three _ _ [F] _ lives I took _ [C] while drinking [Am] and driving _ _ [C] _ Out [G] on the highway _ [C] one day _
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