Black River Killer

	  		 

       Am                           Em 
It was just a little while past the sunset strip 
     C                G           D 
They found the girl?s body in an open pit 
    Am                           Em 
Her mouth was sewn shut, but her eyes were still wide 
 C                 G            D 
Gazing through the fog to the other side 

           Am                           Em 
They booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail 
         C                G           D 
With no bail, sitting silent on a rusty pail 
         Am   		Em 
Just gazing at the marks on the opposite wall 
         C	   G               	D 
Remembering the music of my lover?s call 

      Am                           Em 
So you make no mistake I know just what it takes 
     C                G           D 
To pull a man?s soul back from heaven?s gates 
       Am                           Em 
I?ve been wandering in the dark about as long as sin 
     C                G           D 
But they say it?s never too late to start again 

   Am       Em 
Oh when, oh when 
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Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to send? 
   Am       Em 
Oh when, oh when 
         C           G          D  
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again? 

    Am                           Em 
It was dark as the grave, it was just about three 
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When the warden with his key came to set me free 
    Am                           Em 
They gave me five dollars and a secondhand suit 
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A pistol and a hat and a worn out flute 

    Am                           Em 
So I took a bus down to the Rio Grande 
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And I shot a man down on the edge of town 
    Am                           Em 
Then I stole me a horse and I rode it around 
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Til the sheriff pulled me in and he sat me down  

    Am                           Em 
He said you make no mistake I know just what it takes 
     C                G           D 
To pull a man?s soul back from heaven?s gates 
       Am                           Em 
I?ve been wandering in the dark about as long as sin 
     C                G           D 
But they say it?s never too late to start again 

  Am       Em 
Oh when, oh when 
         C             G              D 
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to send? 
   Am       Em 
Oh when, oh when 
         C           G          D  
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again? 

         Am                           Em 
Well the sheriff let me go with a knife and a song 
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So I took the first train up to Oregon 
      Am                           Em 
And I killed the first man that I came upon 

Because the devil works quick, you know it don?t take long  

      Am                           Em 
Then I went to the river ford to take a swim 
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You know that black river water is as black as sin 
      Am                           Em 
And I washed myself clean as a newborn babe 
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And then I picked up a rock for to sharpen my blade 

   Am       Em 
Oh when, oh when 
         C             G              D 
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to send? 
   Am       Em 
Oh when, oh when 
         C           G          D  
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again? 
  
  Am       Em 
Oh when, oh when 
         C             G              D 
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to send? 
   Am       Em 
Oh when, oh when 
         C           G          D  
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?