Chords for Tommy Dee - The Chair
Tempo:
116.4 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
G#m
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [C#m] The story of [B] the chair, [E] the story of [B] the chair
It was Saturday night and I walked into a dance hall.
I didn't have a care.
[F#] But I met with trouble, [B] and it's led me to the chair.
I met a girl who [E] whispered that I was the one.
[B] She went for a [E] stranger, and I [B] went for my gun.
Now when the lights came on again, the stranger lay there [F#] dead.
[B] The jury said no prison team, [E] give him the chair [B] instead.
[E] Give him the [B] chair instead.
I'm waiting now in prison, but hoping with a prayer,
my sweetheart who forgave [F#] me can save me from the [B] chair.
She vows to save me.
She's working [E] so hard outside.
[B] One court said new trial granted, [E] but the next one [B] said deny.
The chaplain hears him say, I never meant [F#] to kill you.
[B] His sweetheart says [G#m] I'll [B] pray again.
[E] He'll live, I know [B] he will.
[D#m]
[G#m] He'll live, I know [B] he will.
I wait beneath the shadow, the shadow of the chair,
the fear of [F#] every footstep of the silver in my [B] hair.
The governor and the judges, it's all [E] up to them out there.
[B] I wait [E] beneath the shadow [B] of the chair.
There's only one more day to go.
He waits in [F#] misery there.
[B] His sweetheart says I love him so.
[E] Please save him from [B] the chair.
[E] Please save him [B] from the chair.
[N]
It was Saturday night and I walked into a dance hall.
I didn't have a care.
[F#] But I met with trouble, [B] and it's led me to the chair.
I met a girl who [E] whispered that I was the one.
[B] She went for a [E] stranger, and I [B] went for my gun.
Now when the lights came on again, the stranger lay there [F#] dead.
[B] The jury said no prison team, [E] give him the chair [B] instead.
[E] Give him the [B] chair instead.
I'm waiting now in prison, but hoping with a prayer,
my sweetheart who forgave [F#] me can save me from the [B] chair.
She vows to save me.
She's working [E] so hard outside.
[B] One court said new trial granted, [E] but the next one [B] said deny.
The chaplain hears him say, I never meant [F#] to kill you.
[B] His sweetheart says [G#m] I'll [B] pray again.
[E] He'll live, I know [B] he will.
[D#m]
[G#m] He'll live, I know [B] he will.
I wait beneath the shadow, the shadow of the chair,
the fear of [F#] every footstep of the silver in my [B] hair.
The governor and the judges, it's all [E] up to them out there.
[B] I wait [E] beneath the shadow [B] of the chair.
There's only one more day to go.
He waits in [F#] misery there.
[B] His sweetheart says I love him so.
[E] Please save him from [B] the chair.
[E] Please save him [B] from the chair.
[N]
Key:
B
E
F#
G#m
C#m
B
E
F#
[E] _ _ [C#m] The story of [B] the chair, [E] the story of [B] the chair
_ It _ was Saturday night and I walked into a dance hall.
I didn't have a care. _
[F#] But I met with trouble, [B] and it's led me to the chair.
I met a girl who [E] whispered that I was the one.
[B] _ She went for a [E] stranger, and I [B] went for my gun.
_ Now when the lights came on again, the stranger lay there [F#] dead.
_ [B] The jury said no prison team, [E] give him the chair [B] instead.
_ _ [E] Give him the [B] chair instead. _ _ _ _ _
I'm waiting now in prison, but hoping with a prayer,
my sweetheart who forgave [F#] me can save me from the [B] chair.
She vows to save me.
She's working [E] so hard outside.
[B] One court said new trial granted, [E] _ but the next one [B] said deny.
The chaplain hears him say, _ I never meant [F#] to kill you.
[B] His sweetheart says [G#m] I'll [B] pray again.
[E] He'll live, I know [B] he will.
[D#m] _
[G#m] He'll live, I know [B] he will.
_ _ _ _ I wait beneath the shadow, the shadow of the chair,
the fear of [F#] every footstep of the silver in my [B] hair. _
The governor and the judges, it's all [E] up to them out there.
[B] I wait _ _ _ [E] beneath the shadow _ [B] of the chair.
_ There's only one more day to go.
He waits in [F#] misery there.
[B] His sweetheart says I love him so.
[E] Please save him from [B] the chair.
_ [E] Please save him [B] from the chair. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ It _ was Saturday night and I walked into a dance hall.
I didn't have a care. _
[F#] But I met with trouble, [B] and it's led me to the chair.
I met a girl who [E] whispered that I was the one.
[B] _ She went for a [E] stranger, and I [B] went for my gun.
_ Now when the lights came on again, the stranger lay there [F#] dead.
_ [B] The jury said no prison team, [E] give him the chair [B] instead.
_ _ [E] Give him the [B] chair instead. _ _ _ _ _
I'm waiting now in prison, but hoping with a prayer,
my sweetheart who forgave [F#] me can save me from the [B] chair.
She vows to save me.
She's working [E] so hard outside.
[B] One court said new trial granted, [E] _ but the next one [B] said deny.
The chaplain hears him say, _ I never meant [F#] to kill you.
[B] His sweetheart says [G#m] I'll [B] pray again.
[E] He'll live, I know [B] he will.
[D#m] _
[G#m] He'll live, I know [B] he will.
_ _ _ _ I wait beneath the shadow, the shadow of the chair,
the fear of [F#] every footstep of the silver in my [B] hair. _
The governor and the judges, it's all [E] up to them out there.
[B] I wait _ _ _ [E] beneath the shadow _ [B] of the chair.
_ There's only one more day to go.
He waits in [F#] misery there.
[B] His sweetheart says I love him so.
[E] Please save him from [B] the chair.
_ [E] Please save him [B] from the chair. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _