Chords for Alan Doyle - Testify

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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ I feel the irons on my wrist, and lament it's come to this.
[G] When they hang me from the [Gm] gallows, tree such is life, you hear me hiss.
I'm not the reddest handed bandit here, but I'm the one who'll take the fall.
This [C] smoking gun's been smothered [D] by the long, [G] long, long law.
[F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ The chaplain says the end has started, and your judgment has begun.
[C] Prayers can lead to God's forgiveness [Gm] for all the foolish things you've done.
You got tonight to find some peace of mind before you leave this world.
[A] And I hope with a grain that I may [D] never get what I [Dm] deserve.
[Gm] Take me down to the river, preacher take me by the hand.
Take me down to the river, Minnesota, the broken man.
[C] Down to him, give me, wash these bloody hands of mine.
[G] Take me down to [E] one last river, [D] Lord, let me [Gm] testify.
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_ _ _ _ _ I've seen God's benevolence, and I have seen with my own eyes.
[C] In a river just outside the [Gm] gate, Sunday sinners get [G] baptized.
And I'll pray for my redemption, but I'm quite sure that he won't hear.
[C] I've never had that water [D] crossed.
[Gm] Yeah, yeah. _ _
_ _ _ Chaplain's face, it grows sadder.
He said, you've not been christened, son.
[Cm] Since Noah's sin, I hung my [Gm] head, and there's nothing to be done.
If I could get down to that river, can't you see how cleansed I'd [C] be?
[A] The latest lamb, he got hands [Dm] on my soul to face that rain.
[Gm] Take me down to the river, preacher take me by the hand.
Take me down to the river, Minnesota, the broken man.
[C] Down to him, forgive us, wash these bloody hands of mine.
[G] Take me down to one [E] last river, Lord, let [Gm] me testify.
_ _ _ _ _ Yes, I'm right.
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Take me _ to the riverbanks, two [G] guards and the chaplain.
Moonlight shines on the holy tides, my prayers have been answered.
I make my sodden walk to Jesus, all piety and [Gm] grace.
[C] The guards release my shackles, [D] but they cannot read my face.
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The deepest breath I could take is up and down to the [Cm] water.
The death of an advocate is [Gm] ways what could have been a whole lot smarter.
Two kids and I'm traveling beneath the muddy water stream.
[A] The last time I take a second breath, [D] I'm a hundred yards out [Gm] singing.
Take me down to the river, preacher take me by the hand.
Take me down to the river, Minnesota, the [Bb] broken man.
[C] Down to him, forgive us, wash these bloody hands of mine.
[G] Take me down [Em] to one last river, [D] Lord, let [Gm] me testify. _ _ _
_ You gotta testify. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Testify. _ _
Testify.
_ _ Testify.
_ Testify.
_ _ Testify. _ _ _
Testify.
_ [Gm] Testify.
Lord, I'm gonna testify. _
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