Cadd9G7sus4AmCadd2D - 0 0 0 0
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G - 0 0 2 0
D - 2 3 2 2
A - 3 3 0 3
D - X 3 x X
INTRO: (x3)
Cadd9 / AmG7sus4 / Cadd2Cadd9Am
Grandpa, here's your coffee,
Cadd9Am
Said Edith, as she filled his cup.
Cadd9Am
Nobody'll find you here,
G7sus4Cadd2
And Earl is glad you guys showed up.
Cadd9Am
The way things are downtown,
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You might have to stay for a while,
Cadd9Am
There was a helicopter hovering over your house
G7sus4Cadd2
When I talked to your neighbor Kyle.
Cadd9Am
Who the hell do they think they are,
Cadd9Am
Invading our home like that?
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Grandma and I had to leave so fast,
G7sus4Cadd2
We couldn't even catch the cat.
Cadd9Am
The helicopter scared the shit out of him,
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And it took off down the trail,
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Down past the railroad track,
G7sus4Cadd2
Towards the county jail.
BRIDGE 1:
Cadd9 / Am (x3)
G7sus4 / Cadd2Cadd9Am
Jed, you really screwed up now!
Cadd9Am
What did you have to do that for?
Cadd9Am
Everybody wants to hang your ass,
G7sus4Cadd2
And here's a note from Lenore.
Cadd9Am
Sun touched the cold steel bars
Cadd9Am
As she pushed the paper in.
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Jed took it up and read it
G7sus4Cadd2
And he couldn't hide a grin.
Cadd9Am
Outside the jail window
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A crow flew across the sky,
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Completely disappearing behind each bar,
G7sus4Cadd2
Then a helicopter flew by.
Cadd9Am
Say hi to Earl and Edith.
Cadd9Am
Tell 'em I'm doing fine.
Cadd9Am
Tell 'em you're ready to leave home now,
G7sus4Cadd2
They should cut the line.
Cadd9Am
Can Grandma come and see me?
Cadd9Am
I got a new song to sing
Cadd9Am
It's longer than all the others combined
G7sus4Cadd2
And it doesn't mean a thing.
BRIDGE 2: (x2)
Cadd9 / AmG7sus4 / Cadd2Cadd9Am
The noise was unfamiliar,
Cadd9Am
Walkie-talkies squelled,
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Generators were running,
G7sus4Cadd2
Vans parked in the field.
Cadd9Am
TV crews and cameras,
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They wanted to interview Grandpa on the porch.
Cadd9Am
They came through the gate and up on the lawn
G7sus4Cadd2
Knocking down Edith's Tiki Torch.
Cadd9Am
And Grandpa saw them there,
Cadd9Am
Looking through the venetian blind.
Cadd9Am
Those people don't have any respect,
G7sus4Cadd2
So they won't get any of mine.
Cadd9Am
I ain't wanna talk about Jed.
Cadd9Am
I don't watch channel 2 or 6 or 9.
Cadd9Am
I don't have time to talk that fast,
G7sus4Cadd2
And it ain't my crime.
Cadd9Am
It ain't an honor to be on TV
Cadd9Am
And it ain't a duty either.
Cadd9Am
The only good thing about TV
G7sus4Cadd2
Is shows like 'Leave it to Beaver'.
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Shows with love and affection,
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Like Mama used to say.
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A little Mayberry living
G7sus4Cadd2
Could go a long way.
Cadd9Am
He took Earl's gun down from the closet,
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Loaded up both barrels.
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Went out on the porch and fired 'em off,
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And up walked a woman named Carol.
Cadd9Am
Susan Carol from Early Magazine,
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I got some questions to ask.
Cadd9Am
Well you can stick 'em where the sun don't shine!
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Grandpa said with a gasp.
Cadd9Am
Then he fell face first and let out a sigh,
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Edith came out in shock.
Cadd9Am
Grandpa was whispering to her from down on the floor,
G7sus4Cadd2
he looked like he was trying to talk.
Cadd9Am
That guy just keeps singin'!
Cadd9Am
Can somebody shut him up?
Cadd9Am
I don't know for the life of me
G7sus4Cadd2
Where he comes up with this stuff.
BRIDGE 3: (x3)
Cadd9 / AmG7sus4 / Cadd2Cadd9Am
They laid his head on a newspaper
Cadd9Am
With a picture of Carmichael on the front page,
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Posing with the little league baseball team,
G7sus4Cadd2
And a seedy shot of Jed with a motorcycle.
Cadd9Am
Grandpa died like a hero,
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Fighting for freedom of silence,
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Trying to stop the media,
G7sus4Cadd2
Trying to be anonymous.
BRIDGE 4: (x2)
Cadd9 / AmG7sus4 / Cadd2
G O
Cadd9Am
Share your loving and you live so long
Cadd9Am
Share your loving and you live so long
Cadd9Am
Share your loving and you live so long
G7sus4Cadd2
Live so long