Murder Song

	  		

Standard tuning 
No capo 
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Chords used: 
e|-0----0----0----3-----------| 
B|-1----0----1----0-----------| 
G|-2----0----0----0-----------| 
D|-2----2----2----0-----------| 
A|-0----2----3----2-----------| 
E|-0----0----0----3-----------| 
   Am   Em   C    G 

Picking pattern: (he uses this for the whole song but you could switch to chords after intro-2x) 
e|-------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---------| 
B|---------------1---------------1---------------0---------------0-| 
G|---2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0-----| and repeat 
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------0-------0-------0---| 
A|-0-------0-------0-------0---------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------3-------3-------3-------3-------| 


Am          Em 
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 
Am          Em 
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 
   Am        C     Am       Em 
He holds the gun against my head, 
  Am       C         Am         Em 
I close my eyes, and bang, I am dead. 
  Am      G          Am                  Em  
I know he knows that he's killing me for mercy. 
           Am 
And here I go, 
            C 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, 
            Em 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, 

Oh, oh, oh, oh, 
           Am 
And here I go, 
            C 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, 
            Em 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, 

Oh, oh, oh, oh, 
   Am                            C                                 Am       Em 
He holds my body in his arms, he didn't mean to do no harm, and he holds me tight. 
       Am                              C                                      Am        Em     Am 
Oh, he did it all to spare me from the awful things in life that come, and he cries and cries. 
  Am      G          Am                  Em 
I know he knows that he's killing me for mercy. 
           Am 
And here I go, 
            C 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, 
            Em 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, 

Oh, oh, oh, oh, 
           Am 
And here I go, 
            C 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, 
            Em 
Oh, oh, oh, oh, 

Oh, oh, oh, oh, 
   Am                            C                                 Am       Em 
He holds my body in his arms, he didn't mean to do no harm, and he holds me tight. 
       Am                              C                                      Am        Em 
Oh, he did it all to spare me from the awful things in life that come, and he cries and cries. 
Am          Em 
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 
Am          Em 
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 
Am          Em 
5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 

The gun is gone, and here I go.