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Tom Ames Prayer by Lost Dog Street Band
Tom Ames Prayer
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
Key: A
[Intro]
G D Em C G D G
G D Em C G D G
[Verse 1]
G
Everyone in Nagadoches knew Tom Ames
D
He would come to some bad end
Em C
Cause the sheriff had caught him stealing chickens and such
G D G
From the time that he was ten
[Verse 2]
G
One day his daddy took a 10 dollar bill
D
And he tucked it in his hand
Em C
Said "I can tell you're headed for trouble boy
G D G
And your mama wouldn't understand"
[Verse 3]
G
And he took dad's money and his brother's old bay
D
And he left without a word of thanks
Em C
Well he fell to a crowd in a border town
G D G
And he took to robbin' banks
[Interlude]
G D Em C G D G
G D Em C G D G
[Verse 4]
G
Outside the law his luck a run out fast
D
And the years came and went
Em C
Til he was stuck in an alley in Abilene
G D G
With all but four shells spent
[Verse 5]
G
And he realized then that prayin' was the only thing
D
He hadn't ever tried
Em C
And he wasn't sure and he didn't quite how
G D G
But he stared up at the sky
[Verse 6]
G
He said "You don't owe me nothin and as far as I know, Lord
D
I don't owe nothin' to you
Em C
I ain't askin for a miracle Lord
G D G
Just a little bit of luck will do
[Verse 7]
G
You know I ain't never prayed before
D
Cause it always seemed to me
Em C
that prayin is a lot like beggin
G D G
And I don't take no charity
[Interlude]
G D Em C G D G
G D Em C G D G
[Verse 8]
G
Right here now with my back to the wall
D
I can't help but recall
Em C
How they nearly hung me for stealin' a horse
G D G
In Ft. Smith, Arkansas
[Verse 9]
G
Judge Parker said guilty and his gavel came down
D
Just like a cannon shot
Em C
And I went away quietly
G D G
And I began to file and plot
[Verse 10]
G
Oh the preacher came down to my cell
D
He said, "the lord is your only hope
Em C
He's the only friend that you gonna have
G D G
When you hit the end of Parker's rope"
[Verse 11]
G
Well, I guess he could've kept on preachin' til Christmas
D
But he turned his back on me
Em C
I put a homemade blade to that golden throat
G D G
And asked the deputy for the key
[Interlude]
G D Em C G D G
G D Em C G D G
[Verse 12]
G
Oh it ain't the first close call I've ever had
D
As I'm sure you already know
Em C
I've had some help from the good lord and the devil himself
G D G
Has been strictly touch and go
[Verse 13]
G
Ah, but who in the hell am I talkin to?
D
there ain't nobody here but me
Em C
And he cocked both his pistols and spit in the dirt
G D G
and walked out on that street
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