Shepherds Song

[Verso 1] G D G I left my home in the year of 21 C G Blamed for the killin, a crime I had not done D G Ill live no more in Texas but the hills of Tennessee D G Goodbye wife and children, never more to see Em D [Verso 2] G Em D G On the banks of the river a shepherds wages paid C G Shelter food and clothing, honest work each day Em D G At night I hear their voices sayin where have you gone? Em D G Pa were cold and hungry, dont let us be alone. [Refrão] C G D G But I cannot go back, Ill not return C G D G Theres a hangman waiting, a sheriffs warrant served Em D G And if I was a freeman in the state that I was born D G Id go home to Texas never more to roam C G Em D [Verso 3] G Em D G In the seventh season the fates came to me C G Sayin your love has remarried and you must let her be. Em D G The children they are taken care though never you will see. Em D G Damn the man who cursed that land, never Ill be free [Refrão] C G D G But I cannot go back, Ill not return C G D G Theres a hangman waiting, a sheriffs warrant served Em D G And if I was a freeman in the state that I was born D G Id go home to Texas never more to roam Em D G C G Em D G Em D G [Verso 4] G Sunshine stirrin, youth but a memory C G A letter came to my door though I could not read G Said the man who done the killin, he has now confessed. G D G Truth came from a death bed, your case is now dismissed. [Refrão] C G D G But I cannot go back, Ill not return C G D G Theres no one waiting, memories unearned Em D G And if I was a young man in the state that I was born D G Id go home to Texas never more to roam D G Id go home to Texas never more to roam