Melody Line: G Bb C Eb C Bb C
Bass Notes: Cm Bb A Ab x2
Cm
G
Bb
C
Eb
C
Bb
G
Gb
F
Eb
C
Bb
Cm
Have you heard the
G7/B
dogs at night
Cm/Bb
somewhere on the
Fm/Ab
hill?
Fm6
Chasing some poor
Cm/G
criminal
&
Cm
; I guess they’re out
G
to
kill.
Cm
Oh there must be
G7/B
shackles on his
Eb/Bb
feet and mothe
E/Ab
r in his eyes.
Fm6
Stumbling thru
Cm/G
devil-dark with the
Cm
hound pack in full
G
cry.
Ab
Have mercy on
Bb
the
crim
G
inal
Bb
wh
C
o
Eb
is
run
C
ning
Bb
from
C)
the
Cm
law
G
.
Bb
C
Eb
C
Bb
G
Gb
F
Eb
C
Bb)
Ab
Are you blind to the
Bb
wind of change?
G
Don’t
Bb
you
C
hear
Eb
hi
C
m
Bb
any
C)
more?
Cm
G
Bb
C
Eb
C
Bb
G
Gb
F
Eb
C
Bb)
Ab7
Praying Lord you gotta help me,
Ab
G
Gb)
Fm7
I am never gonna sin again
Cm
Just take t
Bb
hese chains
Ab7
from round my legs, S
G7
weet Jesus I’ll be your
Cm
frie
G7
nd.
Now have you ever seen the white teeth gleam while you lie on a cold damp ground?
You’re taking in the face of a rifle butt while the wardens hold you down.
And you’ve never seen a friend in years. Oh, it turns your heart to stone.
You jump the walls and the dogs run free, and the grave’s gonna be your home.