Tuning: Standard
[Intro]
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|--3--------6-----3---------|
E|-----4--6-----1-----1--3---|
C G# A# D#
The young man stands on the edge of his porch
F C F G
The days were short and the father was gone
C G# A# D#
There was no one in the town and no one in the field
F C F G
This dusty barren land had given all it could yield
[Verse 1]
C G# A# D#
I've been kicked off my land at the age of sixteen
F C F G
And I have no idea where else my heart could have been
C G# A# D#
I placed all my trust at the foot of this hill
F C F G
And now I am sure my heart can never be still
C G# A# D#
So collect your courage and collect your horse
F C F G
And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse
[Chorus 1]
C G# A# D#
Seal my heart and brake my pride
F C F G
I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide
C G# A# D#
Align my heart, my body, my mind
F C F G
To face what I've done and do my time
[Verse 2]
C G# A# D#
Well you are my accuser, now look in my face
F C F G
Your opression reeks of your greed and disgrace
C G# A# D#
So one man has and another has not
F C F G
How can you love what it is you have got
C G# A# D#
When you took it all from the weak hands of the poor?
F C F G
Liars and thieves you know not what is in store
C G# A# D#
There will come a time I will look in your eye
F C F G
You will pray to the God that you always denied
C G# A# D#
The I'll go out back and I'll get my gun
F C F G
I'll say, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"
C G# A# D#
Seal my heart and brake my pride
F C F G
I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide
C G# A# D#
Align my heart, my body, my mind
F C F G
To face what I've done and do my time
(Instrumental Bridge)
It is simply double time what you have been playing.
(8th notes? – I am just beginning Music Theory)
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|--3--------6-----3---------|
E|-----4--6-----1-----1--3---|
[Chorus]
C G# A# D#
Seal my heart and brake my pride
F C F G
I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide
C G# A# D#
Align my heart, my body, my mind
F C F G
To face what I've done and do my time
[Instrumental Bridge Again]
(Give it a good thump!)
(It is simply double time what you have been playing.)
(8th notes? – I am just beginning Music Theory)
G|---------------------------| (x8)
D|---------------------------|
A|--3--------6-----3---------|
E|-----4--6-----1-----1--3---|
[Outro]
C G# A# D#
Well yes sir, yes sir, yes it was me
F C F G
I know what I've done, cause I know what I've seen
C G# A# D#
I went out back and I got my gun
F C F G
I said, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"
