G      355433
Csus2  x35533


[Intro]
Em G Csus2 G (x2)


[Verse 1]
        Em              G
Well, I killed a man in Birmingham
 Csus2              G
I hit him with a tire iron
   Em                 G                 Csus2    G
He did not move and I do not give a damn

          Em
I've been working here
       G
Like a slavin' mule
Csus2             G
Sucking the earth dry of crude
Em            G                Csus2     G
Looking for a way out of it all

Em
Cops are coming
      G
I can feel 'em here
   Csus2                 G
My back is crawling with standing hair
Em               G                  Csus2     G
Wouldn't mind to see a few pigs fall


[Chorus]
           Em          G
So take me down to the river
   Csus2            G
My blood all on the floor
Em                          G
Cause I don't know if I can carry this weight
     Csus2     G
Much longer anymore

Em             G
Take me up the mountain
     Csus2               G
On a cloud bound for the sky
Em                   G
Don't go praying for me
        Csus2                   G
Because tonight I'm prepared to die


[Interlude]
Em G Csus2 G (x4)


[Verse 2]
    Em                  G
That night out there in Birmingham
     Csus2            G
That boy who tried to rob me
  Em              G
I did not want to but I had to
Csus2             G
Show that boy the real me

    Em      G
At night I often wonder
        Csus2           G
What my tombstone would say
     Em                      G
Would they mention any of my good
        Csus2      G
Or just evil in my days

    Em           G
The dust has now settled
           Csus2           G
From those boys who busted in
  Em       G
I am not a bad man
            Csus2         G
But there's bullets in my skin


[Chorus]
           Em          G
So take me down to the river
   Csus2            G
My blood all on the floor
Em                          G
Cause I don't know if I can carry this weight
     Csus2     G
Much longer anymore

Em             G
Take me up the mountain
     Csus2               G
On a cloud bound for the sky
Em                   G
Don't go praying for me
        Csus2                   G
Because tonight I'm prepared to die


[Interlude]
Em G Csus2 G (x4)


[Outro]
        Em              G                Csus2           G
Well, I killed a man in Birmingham, that boy he tried to rob me
  Em              G            Csus2             G
I did not want to but I had to show that boy the real me