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Three little boys found in the river on a sweltering summer night
                                    B7
Not one soul ever figured out who created that terrible sight
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Somebody gotten away with murder that’s a horrible offense
                        B7                 E7
But that’s the way they do things in West Memphis

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They didn’t like the music I listened to,  they didn’t like the way I dressed 
                                       B7
Set me up with a forced confession, I never had a chance
                E7                                   A             E7    
They threw the book at me at my expense, they ain’t got no common sense
                        B7                 E7
But that’s the way they do things in West Memphis

 E7                    B7                 E7      
Yeah that’s the way we do things in West Memphis
                                     B7
That’s the way we do things in West Memphis
         E7                        
There’s never been any difference
          A                                       
So don’t come around here tryin’ to mess with us
 E7               B7                 E7 
That’s the way we do things in West Memphis

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I was framed and sentenced to life in prison for a crime I didn’t commit
                                  B7
There wasn’t nobody to listen or rose to my defense
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Somebody planted the evidence and he’s been lying ever since
                        B7                 E7
But that’s the way they do things in West Memphis

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After all these years, they still refuse to say what really happened
                                        B7
The crooked methods that they used to frame an innocent man
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Hiding their darkest secrets behind every picket fence 
                        B7                 E7
But that’s the way they do things in West Memphis

 
 E7                    B7                 E7      
Yeah that’s the way we do things in West Memphis
                                     B7
That’s the way we do things in West Memphis
         E7                        
There’s never been any difference
          A                                       
So don’t come around here tryin’ to mess with us
 E7               B7                 E7 
That’s the way we do things in West Memphis