Death Row All-Stars
View chords used in this chart
Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: AmCapotraste:
3rd traste
[Intro/Between verses]
Am Am E Am
e|------0------2----------0-----0---|
B|----1------1------0-3-3---3-1-1---|
G|--2------2-----h1-------------2---| x2
D|--2------2-----h2-------------2---|
A|--0------0-----h2-------------0---|
E|--0------0------0-------------0---|
[Verse 1]
Am
Where the Rockies meet the Plains
E Am
Towns rose up to meet the trains
Am
Frontier justice handed down
E Am
Rawlins was that kind of town
F Em
They’d hang somebody now & then
E Am
Make some shoes out of their skin
Am
Put them up there on display
E Am
Reminding folks crime didn’t pay
[Verse 2]
Am
Wyoming built a state pen here
E Am
For the worst of men to spend their years
Am
Tom Horn had been the last to hang
E Am
Before the shortstop Joseph Seng
F Em
Now all my teammates, one by one
E Am
And each of us a mother’s son
Am
Will follow to the gallows pole
E Am
Lord have mercy on my soul
[Verse 3]
Am
The day that Warden Allston came
E Am
He hung a picture he had framed
Am
Of Connie Mack, his eyes ablaze
E Am
Sitting with his World Champ A’s
F Em
He ordered balls & bats & gloves
E Am
To form a prison baseball club
Am
Teams from all across the west
E Am
Would testify we were the best
[Verse 4]
Am
Practice in the prison yard
E Am
Concrete diamond, pocked and scarred
Am
I only lived to crush that ball
E Am
Somewhere far beyond the walls
F Em
To places I won’t ever see
E Am
Go on ball, you go for me
Am
Give those lawmen all the drop
E Am
Keep on rolling, never stop
[Verse 5]
Am
On game days homemade banners hung
E Am
The streets were full, the bells were rung
A
The Carbon County Volunteer Band
E Am
Played for people in the stands
F Em
Dark blue flannels trimmed with white
E Am
They fit just fine, baggy or tight
Am
Compared to wearing prison blues
E Am
They kept us off the working crews
[Verse 6]
Am
1911, 1912
E Am
Trophies on the warden’s shelf
Am
We went 39 & 6
E Am
Against a clock that always ticks
F Em
The warden bet on us to win
E Am
So did the judge, the two were friends
Am
Our executions would be stayed
E Am
Depending on how well we played
[Verse 7]
Am
Yesterday I struck out twice
E Am
Lay all night on a bed of ice
Am
The warden called me in this morn
E Am
Asked me for my uniform
F Em
Offered me a cigarette
E Am
Told me that my date’s been set
Am
Tomorrow, should the sun still rise
E Am
I would be the most surprised
[Verse 8]
Am
This here 5 x 7 cell
E Am
At the old Crossbar Hotel
Am
I’ll leave things just the way they are
E Am
The photographs, the baseball cards
F Em
Whoever has to take them down
E Am
There’s one of me out on the mound
Am
Send it to my Mama, please
E Am
And say I died from some disease
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How to play Death Row All-Stars
Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.
What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.