Incident At Conklin Creek
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Intro
G Bm C G
[Verso 1]
G Bm C G
We were camping in the desert near some old mines
G Bm C G
For a week we walked around the deserted old shafts
Bm C
That's when we found the body
G Bm
It was covered in dirt and gravel
C G
The only thing showing were the feet
Bm C
One shoe on and the other just a worn out sock
[Verso 2]
G Bm C G
My dad he uncovered him and said the boy wasn't even 20
Bm C
Black eyes, broken nose, and teeth missing
G Bm C G
He wore a red flannel coat but he wore no pants
G Bm C
And dad said he'd probably only been dead the last couple of days
Bm C G
'Cause there was no smell and you could still see life, life in his face
{Instrumental}
G Bm C G x2
[Verso 3]
G Bm C G
We drove into town and we called the police
G Bm C
And watched them as they took the body away
G Bm C G
We stayed the night in a roadside motel
G Bm C
Dad had a bottle of "Old Crow" and he finished it
G Bm C G
As he lay passed out, oh I knew I'd never sleep
Bm C
'Cause it could have been my dad or me
Bm C G
What they ended up calling "the incident at Conklin Creek"
Outro
G Bm C G
How to play Incident At Conklin Creek
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