Sins Of My Father

**** capo 1st FRET Am Am God said don't give me your tin horn prayers Am Am And don't buy roses from the street down there Dm Dm Took it all and took the dirt road home Am Am Dreaming of Jenny with the light brown hair E7 Am Night is falling like a bloody axe E7 Am Lies and rumours and the wind at my back E7 Am Hand on the wheel, Gravel on the road E7 E7 Will the pawn shop sell me back what I sold Am Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond Am Am Birds cry a warning from a hidden branch Am Am Carving out a future with a gun and an axe Dm Dm I'm way beyond the gavel and the laws of man Am Am Still living in the palm of the grace of your hand E7 Am The world's not easy the blind man said E7 Am Turns on nothing but money and dread E7 Am Dogs been scratching at the door all night E7 E7 Long necked birds flying out of the moonlight Am Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother Am E7 Am Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pond Am Am Smack dab in the middle of a dirty lie Am Am The star spangled glitter of his one good eye Dm Dm Everybody knows that the game was rigged Am Am Justice wears suspenders and a powdered wig E7 Am Dark town alleys been hiding you E7 Am Long bell tolling is your Waterloo E7 Am Oh baby what can you do E7 E7 Does the light of God blind you, Or lead the way home for you Am Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother Am E7 Am Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pond INST: AS VERSE Am Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother Am E7 Am Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pond Am Am God almighty for righteousness sake Am Am Humilation of our fallen state Dm Dm Written in the Book of Tubal Cain Am Am A long black coat will show no stain E7 Am Feel the heat and the burn on your back E7 Am The rip and the moan, The stretch of the rack E7 Am All my belongings in a flour sack E7 E7 Will the place I come from take me back Am Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother Am E7 Am Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pond Am Am They'll hang me in the morning on a scaffold yea big Am Am To dance upon nothing to the Tyburn jig Dm Dm Treats you like a puppet when you're under it's spell Am Am Oh the heart is Heaven, But the mind is Hell E7 Am Jesus of Nazareth told Mike of the weeds E7 Am I's born at this time for a reason you see E7 Am When I'm dead I'll be dead a long time E7 E7 But the wines so pleasing and so sublime Am Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother Am E7 Am Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond, Down to the pond Am Am Kissed my sweetheart by the chinaball tree Am Am Everything I done is between God and me Dm Dm Only he will judge how my time was spent Am Am Twentynine days of sinning and forty to repent E7 Am The horse is steady but the horse is blind E7 Am Wicked are the branches on the tree of mankind E7 Am The roots grow upward and the branches grow down E7 E7 It's much too late to throw the dice again I've found Am Am E7 I'm gonna take the sins of my Father, I'm gonna take the sins of my Mother Am E7 Am I'm gonna take the sins of my brother, Down to the pond Am Am I'm gonna wash them, I'm gonna wash them Am Am I'm gonna wash the sins of my Father Am E7 I'm gonna wash the sins of my Mother Am Am I'm gonna wash the sins of my brother Am Am Am Am Till the water runs clear, Till the water runs clear Am Am Am Am Till the water runs clear, Till the water runs clear