Black River Killer

Intro:  Am Em  C G D

      Am                           Em
It was just a little while past the sunset strip
     C                G           D
They found the girl's body in an open pit
    Am                           Em
Her mouth was sewn shut, but her eyes were still wide
 C                 G            D
Gazing through the fog to the other side

           Am                           Em
They booked me on a whim and threw me deep in jail
         C                G           D
With no bail, sitting silent on a rusty pail
         Am             Em
Just gazing at the marks on the opposite wall
         C         G           D
Remembering the music of my lover's call

      Am                           Em
So you make no mistake I know just what it takes
     C                G           D
To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates
       Am                           Em
I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin
     C                G           D
But they say it's never too late to start again


   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C             G              D
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to send?
   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C           G          D
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?

    Am                           Em
It was dark as the grave, it was just about three
     C                G           D
When the warden with his key came to set me free
    Am                           Em
They gave me five dollars and a secondhand suit
     C                G           D
A pistol and a hat and a worn out flute

    Am                           Em
So I took a bus down to the Rio Grande
     C                G           D
And I shot a man down on the edge of town
    Am                           Em
Then I stole me a horse and I rode it around
     C                G           D
Til the sheriff pulled me in and he sat me down

    Am                           Em
He said you make no mistake I know just what it takes
     C                G           D
To pull a man's soul back from heaven's gates
       Am                           Em
I've been wandering in the dark about as long as sin
     C                G           D
But they say it's never too late to start again


  Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C             G              D
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to send?
   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C           G          D
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?

         Am                           Em
Well the sheriff let me go with a knife and a song
     C                G           D
So I took the first train up to Oregon
      Am                           Em
And I killed the first man that I came upon
     C                 G                     D
Because the devil works quick, you know it don't take long

      Am                           Em
Then I went to the river ford to take a swim
     C                G           D
You know that black river water is as black as sin
      Am                           Em
And I washed myself clean as a newborn babe
     C                G           D
And then I picked up a rock for to sharpen my blade

   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C             G              D
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to send?
   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C           G          D
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?

  Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C             G              D
Will the spirit come a calling for my soul to send?
   Am       Em
Oh when, oh when
         C           G          D
Will the keys to the kingdom be mine again?