Chords for Tommy Jackson

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_ _ [C] _ _ It [G] didn't matter Tommy [Am] Jackson was running free
_ _ [F] _ _ Cuz [C] the man he killed [F] never mattered much [G] to me
_ _ [C] _ _ There's [G] talking our town [Am] about where Tommy might run.
_ [F] I wondered if [C] it mattered
_ _ [G] _ He'd use my gun
_ _ [C] _ _ 80 [G] miles east of the line [Am] down on my _ granddaddy's farm
_ _ [F] _ He laid [C] low just for the night
[F] Slept there in [G] our barn.
_ [C] _ I watched [G] him steal our Ford and [Am] drive away
in the Sun 18 [F] _ years
Getting [C] older now [G] dead man on [F] the run
_ _ _ His [G] love funny thing [Am] with the pistol in your hand
_ _ [F] _ Close your eyes [C] and bow your head
[G] Pray if you can
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [G] Waste sealed your fate [Am] when you picked up that shotgun _
18 [F] _ years
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Older [G] now dead man
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_ _ How
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15 [G] days kept [Am] his conscience between the lines
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His ex [C]-wife and a cold gel cell [F] were always on [G] his mind
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ran [G] out of money
_ [Am] Had an eastbound truck stop
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He [C] found work there
[G] _
Fritz's muffler shop
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Fritz [G] was a good man
_ [Am] Pamela _ was his wife
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Two kids [C] a nice home and on [F] surface a [G] good life
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Drunk [G] on whiskey Pam [Am] and Tommy had some fun
_ 18 [F] _
years
_ [C] _ Older [G] now dead man on [F] the run _ _ _
His love [G] _ funny thing [Am] with the pistol in your hand
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Close your [C] eyes and bow your head
[G] Pray if you can
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_ [G] Waste sealed your fate [Am] when you picked up that shotgun
_ 18 [F] _
years
_ [C] _ Older [G] now dead man
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Every _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Sunday morning she goes [Am] down to the place where he lay _
_ _ [F] _ _ Tells [C] Tommy how she never
[F] _ Wanted things [G] this way
_ [C] _ _ Rest [G] in peace Tommy Jackson
[Am] _ _ 1981 _ _ 18 [F] _ years [C] getting older [G] now dead man
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_ _ His _ [G] love funny thing [Am] with the pistol in your hand
_ [F] _ Close your [C] eyes and bow your head
[G] Pray if you can
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] Waste sealed your fate [Am] when you picked up that shotgun
_ [F] 18 years
[C] Now _
_ _ [G] dead man
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18 [F] _ years [C] getting older [G] now dead man [F] on the run
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