Twistin' chords - Slaid Cleaves Chords

How to Play "Twistin'" Guitar chords

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Slaid Cleaves - Twistin'

D                     G
Years ago on an April day
  A                         D
A crowd gathered from miles around
                             G
Over a thousand, I heard one say
    A                          D
All around me on the square in town

Ladies dressed up in their best
Kids ran around and played
They all come to see me I guessed
Me and the sheriff and a man in chains

G                          D
The Reverend Sam began a prayer
G                                   D
To the women, the men, the boys and girls
G                          D
"We are graveyard sons and daughters
 Bm                           A
Passing through an unfriendly world"

A few last words and down he goes Teeth bared in an awful grin A cheer rises up from the crowd As I hold him, twistin in the wind Men held up their babies to see Reporters jotted down a tale Hawkers brought out lemonade And the ladies headed for the hangin' day sale And all but one would walk away I'd shudder as the rope snapped tight But I got used to hanging day Now they don't gather round no more Though I'm tall and stouter still Now they do it all behind closed doors They say it's a better way to kill The Reverend Sam began a prayer To the women, the men, the boys and girls "We are graveyard sons and daughters Passing through an unfriendly world" A few last words and down he goes Teeth bared in an awful grin A cheer rises up from the crowd As I hold him, twistin in the wind One more poor boy dead and gone Twistin in the wind