Characters Chords

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[Em]Sometime
ago two people I know
They were sit[C]tin' in a prison [Em]cell
Just talkin' of life of its joys of its strifes
Of the [C]the good [D]times that life held
[Em]

[Verse 2]
The kid he told of the jewels and gold
To be [C]had while he played
the [Em]game[D][Em]
I'm worried not about the
sentence I've got
You see my [C]future [D]it's
strictly fame
[Em]

[Verse 3]
Well I used to lay tricks to baffle the dicks
I would [C]leave them a clue [Em]to find
Then I'd beat my retreat
on back to easy street
All [C]my [D]thoughts of this jail behind
[Em]

[Verse 4]
Only the Char[C]acters[D]
know what I'm sayin'
[Em]Only the Character[C]s
[D]know what I mea[Em]n
Only the Char[C]acters[D]
have any [Em]idea
Only the Char[C]acters [D]have
seen what I've seen
[Em]

[Verse 5]
Well the old man listened till
his dim eyes glistened
He [C]said when the kid got [Em]through
Son you're young and
you've only begun
But [C]old [D]men have a story too
[Em]

[Verse 6]
[D]It was [Em]late one day on a get- away
I had [C]to shoot a young man [Em]down
It was a jewelry store and
I was at the door
When the po[C]lice [D]came around
[Em][D][Em]

[Verse 7]
[D]Wel[Em]l I made a draw
and so did the law
[C]Both our rods spit [Em]lead
[D]When the[Em] smoke had cleared
and the scene reappeared
One [C]poor [D]young dude lay

[Interlude 1]
dead
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[Verse 8]
Well I was [Em]thrown in jail
held without bail
[C]Chalked up with first de[Em]gree
I wasn't so game when
my trial day came
Elec[C]tric [D]chair in front of me
[Em][D][Em]

[Verse 9]
So I tried to grin but it was
useless then
[C]My nerves were like the edge of [Em]a knife
I held my breath for that verdict of death
But they sen[C]tenced[D]
me here for [Em]my life

[Verse 10]
Only the Char[C]acters [D]know
what I'm say[Em]in'
Only the Char[C]acters [D]know
what [Em]I mean[D][Em]
Only the Char[C]acters [D]have
any [Em]idea[D][Em]
Only the Char[C]acters [D]have
seen what I've seen
[Em]

[Verse 11]
So here I sit son I got my life near done
All my [C]hopes and joys have [Em]fled
And it won't be long before
I join the throng
That's [C]numbered [D]with
the dead
[Em]

[Verse 12]
That's [C]numbered [D]wit[Em]h the[C] d[D]ead

[Outro 1]
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