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Let Justice Be Done by Jason Fondren
Let Justice Be Done
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
A A7 D A
A A7 D A
A A7 D A
A E A
[Verse 1]
A A7 D7 A
How far have we come From Scottsboro Sir
A A7 D7 A
There’s a mighty cold chill I’m afraid of what it stirs
A C D E
On a train up to Memphis They was looking for some work
A E7 A E
Seems like they never got off …off that hellbound train
[Verse 2]
A A7 D7 A
When that boy stepped wrong there was a fight on the Southern Rail
A A7 D7 A
Ozie threw the first stone That Landed all of them in jail
A C D E
The boys arrived in Paint Rock With policemen on their tail
A E A E
But they didn’t have it comin’ The things those girls said
[Chorus]
A A7 D A
Let justice be done though the heavens may fall
A E A Asus4 A
Let justice be blind for us all
[Verse 3]
A A7 D7 A
The policemen wrote their stories like it was the gospel truth
A A7 D7 A
All the sirens and people screamin' and that trial without proof
A C D E
No doctors no jury no lawyers No judge could free that group
A E A E
Seems like they never got off…off that hellbound train
[Verse 4]
A A7 D7 A
Haywood was first to fall He was sentenced to the chair
A A7 D7 A
No Dr. Bridges nor Lynch would come clean Too worried for their own affairs
A C D E
Like Lincoln without his beard Judge Horton might declare
A E A E
They didn’t have it comin’ The things those girls said
[Chorus]
A A7 D A
Let justice be done though the heavens may fall
A E A Asus4 A
Let justice be blind for us all
A NC
Let justice be done though the heavens may fall
A E A
Let justice be blind for us all
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