Mike Cross - Leon McDuff Chords
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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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.
Now Leon McDuff has worked on [D] his daddy's [Em] farm every day [D] since the day that he [Em] was born.
[D] and hoeing in the garden [C] and helping [D] pick the cotton and the [Em] corn.
the Mississippi floods [G] and [C] all of his work went [D] down the drain.
blown [E] by the wind, [C] and finally [D] washed away [Em] by the rain.
went to his friends to get some help from them, [C] but their crops [D] and their money [Em] was all gone.
went to the bank, [Am] [Em] mortgages home, [C] but the bank [D] wouldn't give [Em] Leon a loan.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm asking you to be the judge of when enough is enough.
Now Leon McDuff has worked on [D] his daddy's [Em] farm every day [D] since the day that he [Em] was born.
[D] and hoeing in the garden [C] and helping [D] pick the cotton and the [Em] corn.
the Mississippi floods [G] and [C] all of his work went [D] down the drain.
blown [E] by the wind, [C] and finally [D] washed away [Em] by the rain.
went to his friends to get some help from them, [C] but their crops [D] and their money [Em] was all gone.
went to the bank, [Am] [Em] mortgages home, [C] but the bank [D] wouldn't give [Em] Leon a loan.
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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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