[Intro] D G A D D [Verse 1] D Just last week I went to prison G To see some boys down on death row A Brought some guitars and my buddies To play some songs G D I thought they'd know I could feel myself trembling G When I shook one of their hands A I thought that he would be a monster G D Turns out he's a whole lot like I am
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[Chorus]
G
Yeah, we talked hunting,
we talked fishing
D
Like I do with boys back home
Bm
How Jesus is the ticket
A
And narrow is the road
G
About how all we need
is forgiveness
D Bm
'Fore we see them streets of gold
D
Yeah, I learned a lot 'bout livin'
A D
from them boys down on death row
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[Verse 2]
D
One of 'em name's was Johnny
Ain't touched the grass
G
in thirty years
A
Maybe I ain't supposed
to feel sorry no
G D
But it 'bout brought me to tears
Then it hit me, we're all human
G
Ain't always proud of what we done
A
Everybody's days are numbered
Only difference is,
G D
they all know which ones
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[Chorus]
G
Yeah, we talked hunting,
we talked fishing
D
Like I do with boys back home
Bm
How Jesus is the ticket
A
And narrow is the road
G
About how all we need is forgiveness
D Bm
'Fore we see them streets of gold
D
Yeah, I learned a lot 'bout livin'
A D
from them boys down on death row
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[Break 1] Bm A D x4 [Verse 3] D One of 'em sang, "Amazing Grace", how sweet the sound With one hand raised and one foot chained to the ground G Yeah, he sang it like he D knew he'd just been found G Yeah that next week, A D they laid him six feet down [Break 2] G D Bm A [Chorus 2] G I can't say that he's in Heaven, D Bm who am I to judge his soul? D But Jesus don't play favorites, A Bm sayin' a name that He don't know D Yeah I learned that and then some, A D with them boys down on death row D I learned all that and then some, A D from the boys down on death row
