Mike Cross - Leon McDuff Chords
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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for the life of Leon McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of when enough is enough.
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Now Leon McDuff has worked on [D] his daddy's [Em] farm every day [D] since the day that he [Em] was born.
Plowing in the fields [D] and hoeing in the garden [C] and helping [D] pick the cotton and the [Em] corn.
[G] Then came the time [E] of the Mississippi floods [G] and [C] all of his work went [D] down the drain.
The [E] land was parched by the [D] sun, blown [E] by the wind, [C] and finally [D] washed away [Em] by the rain.
So [E] [Em] he went to his friends to get some help from them, [C] but their crops [D] and their money [Em] was all gone.
So he went to the bank, [Am] [Em] mortgages home, [C] but the bank [D] wouldn't give [Em] Leon a loan.
[G] He could not decide [Em] how his family would survive with [G] no crops and [C] no money to [D] buy food.
As [Em] he struggled with his hands [A] to rework [E] his land, a [C] notice came that said [D] his land tax [G] was due.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for the [D] life of Leon [G] McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of when [D] enough is [G] enough.
[E]
[Em] Now in an air-conditioned office [D] on the other [Em] side of town [C] sat a government [D] official with [E] a frown.
[Em] He'd been trying for so long to [D] find land to [E] build a summer home, [C] but cheap [D] river land could not [Em] be found.
Then [G] in the middle of his gloom, [E] his boss walked in the room and said,
[G] I've got some real [C] good news for the [D] house you're playing.
[E] There's a farmer so poor and his luck has run so sour that [C] he cannot [D] pay the taxes on [E] his land.
So just you wait a week or two [Em] until the money is overdue [C] and then go to [D] the cashier [Em] down the hall.
With this deed in your hand, [Am] pay the taxes on [Em] the land.
Have [C] the sheriff give Leon McDuff [Em] a call.
Have [G] him tell Leon to move by [E] the last day of July because [G] the taxes on [C] his land are [D] overdue.
Tell him [E] he has to move away [D] because the taxes were [E] not paid [C] and all his [D] river land belongs [G] to you.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for the life [D] of Leon [G] McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of [D] when enough [G] is enough.
[E]
Now in that air conditioned office, [A] in about a week [E] or two [C] came the sheriff [D] saying I've got [E] some bad news.
Well that Leon McDuff [D] says he's had [E] some bad luck [C] and he'll try to get [Am] the money, [C] but he ain't [E] gonna move.
That [G] official, he jumped up, [E] grabbed the sheriff by the arm, he [G] said we're going [C] down to take that [D] land today.
So [E] he and the sheriff drove down to [E] Leon's farm [C] to tell [D] the McDuffs to [E] move away.
And there stood Leon on his land [Em] with a shotgun in his hand [C] and his eyes narrowed [D] beneath the brim of his hat.
He said I worked hard on this land [C] as a boy and as a man, I ain't gonna lose it [D] to no goddamn bureaucrat.
[G] Well that bureaucrat got mad, [Em] grabbed the gun in Leon's hand [G] and in the struggle [C] an explosion cracked the [D] air.
[E] When the smoke and dust had cleared [A] and the ringing [E] left their ears, [C] the sheriff [D] lay dying on the [G] ground.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for the life of Leon McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking [D] you to be the judge of when enough [G] is enough.
[E]
[Em] Now on this table I will lay [A] this gun [E] exhibit A [C] with two sets of [D]
fingerprints [E] you can't see.
But other hands were here, unperceived by eye or ear, [C] that helped trigger [D] off this awful [E] tragedy.
Now to [G] me it's still unclear just what really caused the problem [G] here, there's much [C] too much we've got to [G] know before we [D] know enough.
So [E] we can't find out today [A] where all the guilt should lay, [C] but it [D] shouldn't be on Leon [G] McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead [D] for the life of Leon McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of when enough is [C] enough.
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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of when enough is enough.
[E] [Em]
Now Leon McDuff has worked on [D] his daddy's [Em] farm every day [D] since the day that he [Em] was born.
Plowing in the fields [D] and hoeing in the garden [C] and helping [D] pick the cotton and the [Em] corn.
[G] Then came the time [E] of the Mississippi floods [G] and [C] all of his work went [D] down the drain.
The [E] land was parched by the [D] sun, blown [E] by the wind, [C] and finally [D] washed away [Em] by the rain.
So [E] [Em] he went to his friends to get some help from them, [C] but their crops [D] and their money [Em] was all gone.
So he went to the bank, [Am] [Em] mortgages home, [C] but the bank [D] wouldn't give [Em] Leon a loan.
[G] He could not decide [Em] how his family would survive with [G] no crops and [C] no money to [D] buy food.
As [Em] he struggled with his hands [A] to rework [E] his land, a [C] notice came that said [D] his land tax [G] was due.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for the [D] life of Leon [G] McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of when [D] enough is [G] enough.
[E]
[Em] Now in an air-conditioned office [D] on the other [Em] side of town [C] sat a government [D] official with [E] a frown.
[Em] He'd been trying for so long to [D] find land to [E] build a summer home, [C] but cheap [D] river land could not [Em] be found.
Then [G] in the middle of his gloom, [E] his boss walked in the room and said,
[G] I've got some real [C] good news for the [D] house you're playing.
[E] There's a farmer so poor and his luck has run so sour that [C] he cannot [D] pay the taxes on [E] his land.
So just you wait a week or two [Em] until the money is overdue [C] and then go to [D] the cashier [Em] down the hall.
With this deed in your hand, [Am] pay the taxes on [Em] the land.
Have [C] the sheriff give Leon McDuff [Em] a call.
Have [G] him tell Leon to move by [E] the last day of July because [G] the taxes on [C] his land are [D] overdue.
Tell him [E] he has to move away [D] because the taxes were [E] not paid [C] and all his [D] river land belongs [G] to you.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for the life [D] of Leon [G] McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of [D] when enough [G] is enough.
[E]
Now in that air conditioned office, [A] in about a week [E] or two [C] came the sheriff [D] saying I've got [E] some bad news.
Well that Leon McDuff [D] says he's had [E] some bad luck [C] and he'll try to get [Am] the money, [C] but he ain't [E] gonna move.
That [G] official, he jumped up, [E] grabbed the sheriff by the arm, he [G] said we're going [C] down to take that [D] land today.
So [E] he and the sheriff drove down to [E] Leon's farm [C] to tell [D] the McDuffs to [E] move away.
And there stood Leon on his land [Em] with a shotgun in his hand [C] and his eyes narrowed [D] beneath the brim of his hat.
He said I worked hard on this land [C] as a boy and as a man, I ain't gonna lose it [D] to no goddamn bureaucrat.
[G] Well that bureaucrat got mad, [Em] grabbed the gun in Leon's hand [G] and in the struggle [C] an explosion cracked the [D] air.
[E] When the smoke and dust had cleared [A] and the ringing [E] left their ears, [C] the sheriff [D] lay dying on the [G] ground.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for the life of Leon McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking [D] you to be the judge of when enough [G] is enough.
[E]
[Em] Now on this table I will lay [A] this gun [E] exhibit A [C] with two sets of [D]
fingerprints [E] you can't see.
But other hands were here, unperceived by eye or ear, [C] that helped trigger [D] off this awful [E] tragedy.
Now to [G] me it's still unclear just what really caused the problem [G] here, there's much [C] too much we've got to [G] know before we [D] know enough.
So [E] we can't find out today [A] where all the guilt should lay, [C] but it [D] shouldn't be on Leon [G] McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead [D] for the life of Leon McDuff.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of when enough is [C] enough.
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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, _ I come before you to plead for the life of Leon McDuff.
_ _ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of when enough is enough.
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ Now Leon McDuff has worked on [D] his daddy's [Em] farm every day [D] since the day that he [Em] was born.
_ _ _ Plowing in the fields [D] and hoeing in the garden [C] and helping [D] pick the cotton and the [Em] corn.
_ _ [G] Then came the time [E] of the Mississippi floods [G] and [C] all of his work went [D] down the drain.
The [E] land was parched by the [D] sun, blown [E] by the wind, [C] and finally [D] washed away [Em] by the rain.
So _ [E] _ _ [Em] he went to his friends to get some help from them, [C] but their crops [D] and their money [Em] was all gone.
So he went to the bank, [Am] _ [Em] mortgages home, [C] but the bank [D] wouldn't give [Em] Leon a loan.
_ [G] He could not decide [Em] how his family would survive with [G] no crops and [C] no money to [D] buy food.
As [Em] he struggled with his hands [A] to rework [E] his land, a [C] notice came that said [D] his land tax [G] was due. _ _
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, _ I come before you to plead for the [D] life of Leon [G] McDuff. _
_ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, _ I'm asking you to be the judge of when [D] enough is [G] enough.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Now in an air-conditioned office [D] on the other [Em] side of town [C] sat a government [D] official with [E] a frown.
[Em] He'd been trying for so long to [D] find land to [E] build a summer home, [C] but cheap [D] river land could not [Em] be found.
_ Then [G] in the middle of his gloom, [E] his boss walked in the room and said,
[G] I've got some real [C] good news for the [D] house you're playing.
_ _ [E] There's a farmer so poor and his luck has run so sour that [C] he cannot [D] pay the taxes on [E] his land.
_ _ _ _ So just you wait a week or two [Em] until the money is overdue [C] and then go to [D] the cashier [Em] down the hall.
With this deed in your hand, [Am] pay the taxes on [Em] the land.
Have [C] the sheriff give Leon McDuff [Em] a call.
Have [G] him tell Leon to move by [E] the last day of July because [G] the taxes on [C] his land are [D] overdue.
Tell him [E] he has to move away [D] because the taxes were [E] not paid [C] and all his [D] river land belongs [G] to you. _ _
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, _ I come before you to plead for the life [D] of Leon [G] McDuff. _
_ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, _ I'm asking you to be the judge of [D] when enough [G] is enough.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ Now in that air conditioned office, [A] in about a week [E] or two [C] came the sheriff [D] saying I've got [E] some bad news.
Well that Leon McDuff [D] says he's had [E] some bad luck [C] and he'll try to get [Am] the money, [C] but he ain't [E] gonna move.
That [G] official, he jumped up, [E] grabbed the sheriff by the arm, he [G] said we're going [C] down to take that [D] land today.
_ So [E] he and the sheriff drove down to [E] Leon's farm [C] to tell [D] the McDuffs to [E] move away. _ _ _ _
And there stood Leon on his land [Em] with a shotgun in his hand [C] and his eyes narrowed [D] beneath the brim of his hat.
He said I worked hard on this land [C] as a boy and as a man, I ain't gonna lose it [D] to no goddamn bureaucrat. _
[G] Well that bureaucrat got mad, [Em] grabbed the gun in Leon's hand [G] and in the struggle [C] an explosion cracked the [D] air. _
[E] When the smoke and dust had cleared [A] and the ringing [E] left their ears, [C] the sheriff [D] lay dying on the [G] ground.
_ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for the life of Leon McDuff.
_ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking [D] you to be the judge of when enough [G] is enough.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Now on this table I will lay [A] this gun [E] exhibit A [C] with two sets of [D]
fingerprints [E] you can't see.
But other hands were here, unperceived by eye or ear, [C] that helped trigger [D] off this awful [E] tragedy.
_ Now to [G] me it's still unclear just what really caused the problem [G] here, there's much [C] too much we've got to [G] know before we [D] know enough.
_ So [E] we can't find out today [A] where all the guilt should lay, [C] but it [D] shouldn't be on Leon [G] McDuff. _
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, _ I come before you to plead [D] for the life of Leon McDuff.
_ _ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of when enough _ is [C] enough.
_ [G] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of when enough is enough.
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ Now Leon McDuff has worked on [D] his daddy's [Em] farm every day [D] since the day that he [Em] was born.
_ _ _ Plowing in the fields [D] and hoeing in the garden [C] and helping [D] pick the cotton and the [Em] corn.
_ _ [G] Then came the time [E] of the Mississippi floods [G] and [C] all of his work went [D] down the drain.
The [E] land was parched by the [D] sun, blown [E] by the wind, [C] and finally [D] washed away [Em] by the rain.
So _ [E] _ _ [Em] he went to his friends to get some help from them, [C] but their crops [D] and their money [Em] was all gone.
So he went to the bank, [Am] _ [Em] mortgages home, [C] but the bank [D] wouldn't give [Em] Leon a loan.
_ [G] He could not decide [Em] how his family would survive with [G] no crops and [C] no money to [D] buy food.
As [Em] he struggled with his hands [A] to rework [E] his land, a [C] notice came that said [D] his land tax [G] was due. _ _
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, _ I come before you to plead for the [D] life of Leon [G] McDuff. _
_ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, _ I'm asking you to be the judge of when [D] enough is [G] enough.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Now in an air-conditioned office [D] on the other [Em] side of town [C] sat a government [D] official with [E] a frown.
[Em] He'd been trying for so long to [D] find land to [E] build a summer home, [C] but cheap [D] river land could not [Em] be found.
_ Then [G] in the middle of his gloom, [E] his boss walked in the room and said,
[G] I've got some real [C] good news for the [D] house you're playing.
_ _ [E] There's a farmer so poor and his luck has run so sour that [C] he cannot [D] pay the taxes on [E] his land.
_ _ _ _ So just you wait a week or two [Em] until the money is overdue [C] and then go to [D] the cashier [Em] down the hall.
With this deed in your hand, [Am] pay the taxes on [Em] the land.
Have [C] the sheriff give Leon McDuff [Em] a call.
Have [G] him tell Leon to move by [E] the last day of July because [G] the taxes on [C] his land are [D] overdue.
Tell him [E] he has to move away [D] because the taxes were [E] not paid [C] and all his [D] river land belongs [G] to you. _ _
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, _ I come before you to plead for the life [D] of Leon [G] McDuff. _
_ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, _ I'm asking you to be the judge of [D] when enough [G] is enough.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ Now in that air conditioned office, [A] in about a week [E] or two [C] came the sheriff [D] saying I've got [E] some bad news.
Well that Leon McDuff [D] says he's had [E] some bad luck [C] and he'll try to get [Am] the money, [C] but he ain't [E] gonna move.
That [G] official, he jumped up, [E] grabbed the sheriff by the arm, he [G] said we're going [C] down to take that [D] land today.
_ So [E] he and the sheriff drove down to [E] Leon's farm [C] to tell [D] the McDuffs to [E] move away. _ _ _ _
And there stood Leon on his land [Em] with a shotgun in his hand [C] and his eyes narrowed [D] beneath the brim of his hat.
He said I worked hard on this land [C] as a boy and as a man, I ain't gonna lose it [D] to no goddamn bureaucrat. _
[G] Well that bureaucrat got mad, [Em] grabbed the gun in Leon's hand [G] and in the struggle [C] an explosion cracked the [D] air. _
[E] When the smoke and dust had cleared [A] and the ringing [E] left their ears, [C] the sheriff [D] lay dying on the [G] ground.
_ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I come before you to plead for the life of Leon McDuff.
_ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking [D] you to be the judge of when enough [G] is enough.
_ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Now on this table I will lay [A] this gun [E] exhibit A [C] with two sets of [D]
fingerprints [E] you can't see.
But other hands were here, unperceived by eye or ear, [C] that helped trigger [D] off this awful [E] tragedy.
_ Now to [G] me it's still unclear just what really caused the problem [G] here, there's much [C] too much we've got to [G] know before we [D] know enough.
_ So [E] we can't find out today [A] where all the guilt should lay, [C] but it [D] shouldn't be on Leon [G] McDuff. _
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, _ I come before you to plead [D] for the life of Leon McDuff.
_ _ Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of when enough _ is [C] enough.
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