Knoxville Courthouse Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][D][G][D][A][Am][G]
[D]
[Am]I'm

[Verse 1]
sittin'
in Knoxville [G]courthouse
[D]Ain't got a thing [A]to do
I [Am]don't wanna go to [G]the movies
[D]Couldn't if I wanted [A]to
'Cause [G]I'm on tri[D]al for lovin' [A]you

[Verse 2]
Now [A]this all started in a [G]honky tonk
[D]Just the other side [A]of town
A girl come in [G]took a stool by me
Ordered [D]gin and drank it down
[A]She lit up a cigarett[G]e,
[D]sexily turned aro[A]und[Am]
[A]Well she

[Verse 3]
said [Am]my name is [G]Janie
And [D]asked me what [A]was mine
I answered Hank [G]as I walked
to the [D]jukebox
Droppin' [A]a dime
Checked out [G]her short dress,
[D]low neck lin[A]e

[Verse 4]
Well, we [A]danced for five or ten [G]minutes
And I [D]held her close [A]to me
Kissed her lips and [G]squeezed her hips
And judged [D]about twenty [A]three
Whispered [G]in my [D]ears, I said,
"Yes, [A]siree"[Am]

[Verse 5]
Now the [Am]scene is a little [G]motel
[D]Out on the state high[A]way
there [G]in room 12
A little [D]love is about to take [A]place
And a state trooper [G]breaks
down the door
[D]Shines a flashlight [A]in my [B]face

[Verse 6]
I [B]said, "What the hell is [A]this?"
And an[E]other man and woman come [B]in
And the girl I'm with
Starts [A]cryin' and screamin'
[E]And she runs over [B]to them
Said, "Thank [A]God you're here, [E]he
Tried to hurt me, [B]mama"
I said, "Now, [A]you don't mean?"
The [E]cop says, "Son, the girl is [B]seventeen

[Verse 7]
So that's [B]why I'm in Knoxville
[A]courthouse
And the [E]judge passed
the sentence on [B]me
And it's ten long years for [A]statutory
Rape in the [E]state penitentiary
[B]Lord, I can't belie[A]ve
[E]this is happened [B]to me

[Verse 8]
So when [B]next time you give
a [A]girl the eye
She gives [E]you that certain [B]smile
[Bm]Just remember under that
[A]wo man's breast
[E]May beat the heart of a child
[B]Don't you let yourself be[A]
the one [E]to
Help a mixed up [B]kid go wild

[Verse 9]
This story happened [A]a lot, that's true
But you [E]better hope and pray
It never [B]happens to you

[Outro 1]
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