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Testimony Of A Dying Lady by Sammy Walker
Testimony Of A Dying Lady
D A D
Your honor sir, I'm dying, that's the reason that I'm here
G D G D
The cancer's got my body, I'll be dead within a year
G D
I'll be dead within a year
D A D
Tell me more good lady, don't leave out a single word
G D G D
For I'll come to my decision from the testimony heard
G D
From the testimony heard
D A D
My husband passed away no more than a year ago
G D G D
But every penny that he left me to the banker we did owe
G D
To the banker we did owe
D A D
When I first was feelin' ill, they said I'd be okay
G D G D
But they'd need to run some tests and take a simple X-ray
G D
Just a simple X-ray
D A D
Again and again they called me, for more tests they'd need to run
G D G D
And to exterminate the cancer with their radiation gun
G D
With their radiation gun
D A D
But I never got no better as I'm standing here today
G D G D
And they left me with this statement that I can't afford to pay
G D
That I can't afford to pay
D A D
Well what about your jewellery and your lovely house and home?
G D G D
Could you not have made a sacrifice, to step down from your throne?
G D
To step down from your throne
D A D
Sir, I never had the fancy things that you and yours have known
G D G D
And we never owned the shackled house I used to call my home
G D
I used to call my home
D A D
Well I'm sorry for your trouble, and I'm sorry that you're ill
G D G D
But it's my duty to uphold the law, an' uphold the law I will
G D
Uphold the law I will
D A D
For your failure to meet the judgement of this court and pay the fee
G D G D
I sentence you to twelve months in the penitentiary
G D
In the penitentiary
D A D
In this system of justice, of opportunity, and grief
G D G D
It's one thing to make a living, another to be a thief
G D
Another to be a thief
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