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Jason Boland
False Accuser's Lament
Rancho Alto - 2011
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Standard Tuning
G
I said I'd seen the killin
Am
Could identify the villain
C D G D
Shot a man beneath the town hall glow
G
I was one of few
Am
The jury never knew
C D
about to line our pockets
C D G
with the bankers jealous gold
G
He said his lovin woman sinned
Am
let alone with a friend
C D G D
he couldnt have his childrens mother shamed
G
I saw the shooter run
Am
coulda been anyone
C D
but for the price of a new plow
C D G G7
a local man was framed
Chorus:
C G
Now the nightly terror is the fortune to be paid
D C D
I hear the guilty gavel, I see his body swing
G G7
Father please forgive me
C Am
for I've falsely testified
G D G
They had me swear upon a bible and I lied
G
I never strayed before
Am
but the pain of being poor
C D G D
Lord what the hell came over me
G
This aint who momma raised
Am
another dollar fearing slave
C D
But the thought of losing all our land
C D G G7
was blinding you see
Chorus
G
The seeds had all been sown
Am
Soon The crops were nearly grown
C D G DDsus4D
But the rain let up, the ground turned hard as nails
G
The banker took my home
Am
now I'm in these hills alone
C D
oh from time to time i see his wife
C D G G7
in a long black veil
Chorus
G G7
Oh Father please forgive me
C Am
For I falsely testified
G D G
They had me swear upon a bible and I lied
