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The Ballad Of Charles Whitman by Kinky Friedman
The Ballad Of Charles Whitman
(All standard open chords)
D
He was sitting up there for more than an hour
G
Way up there on the Texas Tower
D A
Shooting from the twenty-seventh floor
D
He didn't choke or slash or slit them
G
Not our Charles Joseph Whitman
D A D
He won't be an architect no more
G
Got up that morning, calm and cool
D A
He picked up his guns and walked to school
D
All the while he smiled so sweetly
G
Then he blew their minds completely
D A D
They'd never seen an Eagle Scout so cruel
D
Now won't you think of the shame and degradation
G
For the schools administration
D A
To put on such a bold and brassy show
D
The Chancellor cried, "Its adolescent
G
And of course, it's most unpleasant
D A D
But you've gotta admit, it was a lovely way to go"
G D
There was a rumor about a tumor
A
Nestled at the base of his brain
D
He was sitting up there with his .36 Magnum
G
Laughing wildly as he bagged em
D A D
Who are we to say the boy's insane?
D
Now Charlie was awful disappointed
G
Else he thought he was anointed
D A
To do a deed so lowdown and so mean
D
The students looked up from their classes
G
Had to stop and rub their glasses
D A D
Who'd believe he'd once been a Marine
G D
Now Charlie made the honor roll with ease
A
Most all of his grades was A's and B's
D
A real rip-snorting trigger-squeezer
G
Charlie proved a big crowd pleaser
D A D
Though he had been known to make a couple C's
D
Some were dying, some were weeping
G
Some were studying, some were sleeping
D A
Some were shouting, Texas number one
D
Some were running, some were falling
G
Some were screaming, some were bawling
D A D
Some thought the revolution had begun
G
The doctors tore his poor brain down
D A
But not a snitch of illness could be found
D
Most folks couldn't figure just-a why he did it
G
And those that could would not admit it
D A D
There's still a lot of Eagle Scouts around
G D
There was a rumor about a tumor
A
Nestled at the base of his brain
D
He was sitting up there with his .36 Magnum
G
Laughing wildly as he bagged em
D A
Who are we to say the boys in?
D A
Who are we to say the boys in?
D A D
Who are we to say the boys insane?
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