Standard (EADGBE)

I like to include the minor 7th at the beginning of the measure. I also double up on

some notes, but the point is that as long as you’re hitting the root notes – you can make

this song your own.

The young man stands on the edge of his porch

The days were short and the father was gone

There was no one in the town and no one in the field

This dusty barren land had given all it could yield

Bass comes in at the end of Vs 1 (0:33)

I've been kicked off my land at the age of sixteen

And I have no idea where else my heart could have been

I placed all my trust at the foot of this hill

And now I am sure my heart can never be still

So collect your courage and collect your horse

And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse

(Bass is quiet during the first chorus)

Chorus 1

Seal my heart and brake my pride

I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide

Align my heart, my body, my mind

To face what I've done and do my time

Well you are my accuser, now look in my face

Your opression reeks of your greed and disgrace

So one man has and another has not

How can you love what it is you have got

When you took it all from the weak hands of the poor?

Liars and thieves you know not what is in store

There will come a time I will look in your eye

You will pray to the God that you always denied

The I'll go out back and I'll get my gun

I'll say, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"

Seal my heart and brake my pride

I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide

Align my heart, my body, my mind

To face what I've done and do my time

(Instrumental Bridge)

Seal my heart and brake my pride

I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hide

Align my heart, my body, my mind

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)

Well yes sir, yes sir, yes it was me

I know what I've done, cause I know what I've seen

I went out back and I got my gun

I said, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note