Chords for Death Row Blues
Tempo:
146.55 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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On death row,
[D] I'm waiting to [A] go, [D] yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm waiting [A] to die.
Now [A] Comex pleaded guilty to being alive.
mother begged the governor, [D] let her be [A] by his side, and had me some problems [D] down
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On death row,
[D] I'm waiting to [A] go, [D] yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm waiting [A] to die.
Now [A] Comex pleaded guilty to being alive.
mother begged the governor, [D] let her be [A] by his side, and had me some problems [D] down
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_ On death row, _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ I'm waiting to [A] go, _ _ _ [D] yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm waiting [A] to _ die.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ Now [A] Comex pleaded guilty to being _ alive.
[A] His mother begged the governor, [D] let her be [A] by his side, and had me some problems [D] down
in _ Mexico land, because I was giving it to _ _ Uncle Sam, and [A]
I _ _ _ [D] _ don't know my _ _ name _ [D] anymore,
_ because it's not the [A] same _ _ [D] anymore.
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My [A] kids said, Daddy, [C] what's in the will?
_ [D] I need to know [E] before you are killed, and [A] _ I'm _ _ _ [D] on death [A] _ row, _ [D] _ _ waiting to [A] _
go.
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_ [D] _ _ _ I said, [A] _ _
_ [D] I'm _ on death [A] _
row, [D] _ _ I'm waiting [A] to go, _
_ [D] _ _ I'm waiting [A] to die.
_ [D] _ _ _ Well, [Am] I'm working on the [G] road gang [D] outside the county jail, and [A] it's a life for the [D] innocent,
but for a man, this ain't half as bad as hell.
[A] I saw Charlie's [D] eyes kneeling by my bed, [A] and the Reverend Jim [D] Jones was giving him head,
and [A] I had no soul, [D] and I'm dreaming, and [A] I saw another [D] man, and I started to scream that
[A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ I'm on death [A] _
row, [D] _ and I'm waiting to [A] _
go, _ yeah, I'm waiting to die. _
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I _ said, [A] _ _
[D] I'm _ on death [A] row, _
[D] _ I'm waiting to [A] go, _
[D] yeah, I'm waiting to _ _ die.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] Well, _ _ I don't remember much [A] about the trial, but they said the judge's daughter [D] was just
a child, and it got real quiet when he commenced to pray, and the man said, Boy, you got anything to say?
I said, a guy's done told me [D] I'm a mutant on the loose, oh, [E] I'm sitting in a chair,
[D] I'm waiting on the news, [E] gotta deal with the devil to get myself free, I'm down on my _ [D] _ _ knees
cause [E] _ _ _ [D] _ I'm on death [A] _ row, [D] _ I'm waiting to [A] go, _ _ I'm waiting to [E] die.
Bye, bye, [D] baby.
What's the point of [A] my life, baby?
Say what I say, _ _ _ _ I'm on death [E] row, _
[D] _ I'm waiting to _ go, _ yeah, I'm waiting to [E] die. _
That's right, [D] _ _ [A] I'm getting ready to go, bye, [D] bye.
_ [E] _ Yeah, you know, one night, [D] _
_ [A] _ about three nights ago, I was down by Route 128, down _ _ _ _ by _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ Otahe
Volkswagen with no second gear, _ _ we got the mighty 1090 [E] Huggy Boy Show on the radio, I
got my _ [D] radio [A] on, and I'm there with my number one girl in the back seat with my pants at
my knees, [D] cause [A] I ain't got no disease, baby, and I said, huh. _
You know, when Huggy Boy comes on, he says, Mojo, _ _ _ _ special announcement up in San Quentin,
you know, they shaved his head, _ you know, they greased his temples up, they locked him
in the chair, you know, they got him ready for Freddie, man, _ [G] _ [A] you know, they got [D] six witnesses,
_ [E] and the governor says, uh-uh, this [D] is it, [A] and the man says, I don't, [N] I don't. _ _
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_ On death row, _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ I'm waiting to [A] go, _ _ _ [D] yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm waiting [A] to _ die.
_ [D] _ _
_ _ Now [A] Comex pleaded guilty to being _ alive.
[A] His mother begged the governor, [D] let her be [A] by his side, and had me some problems [D] down
in _ Mexico land, because I was giving it to _ _ Uncle Sam, and [A]
I _ _ _ [D] _ don't know my _ _ name _ [D] anymore,
_ because it's not the [A] same _ _ [D] anymore.
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_ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
My [A] kids said, Daddy, [C] what's in the will?
_ [D] I need to know [E] before you are killed, and [A] _ I'm _ _ _ [D] on death [A] _ row, _ [D] _ _ waiting to [A] _
go.
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_ [D] _ _ _ I said, [A] _ _
_ [D] I'm _ on death [A] _
row, [D] _ _ I'm waiting [A] to go, _
_ [D] _ _ I'm waiting [A] to die.
_ [D] _ _ _ Well, [Am] I'm working on the [G] road gang [D] outside the county jail, and [A] it's a life for the [D] innocent,
but for a man, this ain't half as bad as hell.
[A] I saw Charlie's [D] eyes kneeling by my bed, [A] and the Reverend Jim [D] Jones was giving him head,
and [A] I had no soul, [D] and I'm dreaming, and [A] I saw another [D] man, and I started to scream that
[A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ I'm on death [A] _
row, [D] _ and I'm waiting to [A] _
go, _ yeah, I'm waiting to die. _
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I _ said, [A] _ _
[D] I'm _ on death [A] row, _
[D] _ I'm waiting to [A] go, _
[D] yeah, I'm waiting to _ _ die.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] Well, _ _ I don't remember much [A] about the trial, but they said the judge's daughter [D] was just
a child, and it got real quiet when he commenced to pray, and the man said, Boy, you got anything to say?
I said, a guy's done told me [D] I'm a mutant on the loose, oh, [E] I'm sitting in a chair,
[D] I'm waiting on the news, [E] gotta deal with the devil to get myself free, I'm down on my _ [D] _ _ knees
cause [E] _ _ _ [D] _ I'm on death [A] _ row, [D] _ I'm waiting to [A] go, _ _ I'm waiting to [E] die.
Bye, bye, [D] baby.
What's the point of [A] my life, baby?
Say what I say, _ _ _ _ I'm on death [E] row, _
[D] _ I'm waiting to _ go, _ yeah, I'm waiting to [E] die. _
That's right, [D] _ _ [A] I'm getting ready to go, bye, [D] bye.
_ [E] _ Yeah, you know, one night, [D] _
_ [A] _ about three nights ago, I was down by Route 128, down _ _ _ _ by _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ Otahe
Volkswagen with no second gear, _ _ we got the mighty 1090 [E] Huggy Boy Show on the radio, I
got my _ [D] radio [A] on, and I'm there with my number one girl in the back seat with my pants at
my knees, [D] cause [A] I ain't got no disease, baby, and I said, huh. _
You know, when Huggy Boy comes on, he says, Mojo, _ _ _ _ special announcement up in San Quentin,
you know, they shaved his head, _ you know, they greased his temples up, they locked him
in the chair, you know, they got him ready for Freddie, man, _ [G] _ [A] you know, they got [D] six witnesses,
_ [E] and the governor says, uh-uh, this [D] is it, [A] and the man says, I don't, [N] I don't. _ _
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