Lynchin Party
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
LYNCHIN' PARTY
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1963 Album 500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME)
[Verse 1]
N.C. E A B E
The Lynch mob gathered in the square across from the jail
A B E
Young Billy watched them from his cell and felt his courage fail
A B E
Bill swore he wasn't guilty but the evidence was plain
A B E
Tomorrow he would go on trial for killing Mary Jane
[Chorus]
A E A E
They shouted beat the prisoner hardy we're gonna have a Lynchin' party
A B E
Gonna hang him high watch him die for killing Mary Jane
[Verse 2]
E A B E
The mob is closer to the jail excitement all around
A B E
The deputies kept moving back afraid to hold their ground
A B E
Then the young girl cried you cowards but the Lynch mob searched ahead
A B E
Dragged young Billy from that jail and soon the kid was dead
[Chorus]
A E A E
They shouted beat the prisoner hardy we're gonna have a Lynchin' party
A B E
Gonna hang him high watch him die for killing Mary Jane
[Verse 3]
E A B E
The weeks went by and no one spoke about it anymore
A B E
Or seemed to see the wreath Bill's mother hung up on her door
A B E
Then one night they dragged a ragged hobo from a train
A B E
And he confessed he was the one who killed young Mary Jane
[Out-Chorus]
A E A E
They shouted beat the prisoner hardy we're gonna have a Lynchin' party
A B E
Gonna hang him high watch him die for killing Mary Jane
A B E
Gonna hang him high watch him die for killing Mary Jane
A B E
Gonna hang him high watch him die for killing Mary Jane
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