Am C G   Am C G

[Verse]
    Am
He smelled like gin with a hint of her
C
Up 'til then I wasn't sure
      G                                                 D .....
But he swaggered by and said "The boys said to tell you hi"
          Am
And I was kicked back in his easy chair
C
Holding a fifth tapping the barrel of a
  G                                    D
fresh cleaned steel blue polished up .38
F
And I was kind of hoping he'd at least look scared
But all he said was "Okay, she was good,,, and you don't dare"

[Chorus]
C                  G                          Am  F
Looking back now I probably should've let him ride
C            G                 Am F
Paybacks are hell where I come from
        C
And any fool should know
          G                   Am
You don't look a woman in the eye and smile
     F                     D
When she knows what you've done
          F
And she's holding whiskey and a gun

Am C G       Am C G

[Verse]
         Am
Well the sun shines gray in the prison yard
C
Life to go was going hard
          G                               D
When the warden started, getting sweet on me
       Am
And he drug me to his room one night
    C
poured me some sweet, gave me a light
    G                                     D
And I smoked slow and waited 'til he was done
    F
And I thought that was that 'til he got rough and I fought back
And when I grabbed his pistol he laughed and said
"Girl you ain't got the guts"

[Chorus]
C                  G                           Am  F
Looking back now I probably should've let him ride
C            G                   Am F
Paybacks are hell where I come from
        C
And any fool should know
          G                   Am
You don't look a woman in the eye and smile
                            D
When she knows what you've done
          F
And she's holding whiskey and a gun

[Hook]
C         G          Am   F            C
da dada dada dada da da  Whiskey and a gun
C         G          Am   F
da dada dada dada da da

[Verse]
        Am
They're strapping me down and I'm scared to die
      C
Now I ain't the kind of girl to cry
      G                             D ...
But I find myself begging God for mercy
   Am
My hands are cold as I start to slip
C
Sodium theopenthol drips
    G                                   D ........
The room goes black and I wonder if He heard me

[Chorus]
(Arpeg to second Am then resume)
C                  G                            Am  F
Looking back now I probably should've let him ride
C                  G                 Am!    F F F F
I bet paybacks are hell where I'm,   go ooo oing
        C
And any fool should know
          G                   Am
You don't look a woman in the eye and smile
     F                     D
When she knows what you've done
          F                         C
And she's hold'''ing whiskey and a gun
C        G        Am     F             C
da dada dada dada da    Whiskey and a gun
C        G        Am   F
la dada dada dada da
la dada dada dada da  aaaa