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The Wall by Jim Croce
The Wall
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Verse 1]
C
Well, there's lots of strange men in cell-block ten,
G
but the strangest of them all
F C
was a pal of mine who would spend his time
Am C F C
just staring at the wall, staring at the wall.
[Verse 2]
C
In his hand was a note that his gal had wrote,
G
which proves that crime don't pay
F C
the very same gal that h'd robbed and stole for,
Am C F C
naming her wedding day, naming her wedding day.
[Chorus]
F C
As he looked at the wall so strong and tall,
F C F
I heard him softly curse, "nobody at all
C Am C
has ever made that wall, but I'm gonna be the first,
F C
I'm gonna be the first."
[Verse 3]
C
Well the Warden walked by, said "Son don't try,
G
cause I'd hate to see you fall
F C
cause there ain't no doubt we're gonna carry you out
Am C F C
if you ever touch that wall, if you ever touch that wall."
[Verse 4]
C
But a year has gone by since he made his try;
G
I can still recall
F C
how hard he tried and the way he died,
Am C F C
but he never topped the wall, he never topped the wall.
[Chorus]
F C
Many a man who has shook this can,
F C
and I know a man who tried.
F C
The newspapers called it a jailbreak plan,
Am C F C
but I know it was suicide; I know that it was suicide.
(Song goes to "Cotton Mouth River")
[Verse 1]
C Am
Well I know that I shouldn't have done it
F G C
I know it just wasn't right
G Am
Cause they got me backed up to the Cottonmouth river
F G C
and I can't cross late at night.
[Chorus]
G C
Yeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,
F G
they tell them time and again,
C G Am
about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
F G C
never were heard from again.
[Verse 2]
C Am
Well if I had my life to live over,
F G C
I'd've gone to work that day
G Am
instead of going into town and shooting him down
F G C
for a thing I never heard him say.
[Chorus]
G C
Yeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,
F G
they tell them time and again,
C G Am
about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
F G C
never were heard from again.
[Verse 3]
C Am
Well, I'd just made it through the canebreak
F G C
and got one foot in the mud.
G Am
I can hear the hounds a-bayin' but the snake around my ankle's
F G C
telling me my running days are done.
[Chorus]
G C
Yeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,
F G
they tell them time and again,
C G Am
about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
F G C
never were heard from again.
C F G C
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