The Life And Death Of John Dillinger Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]There's a home in In[F]diana,
[C]where onc[G]e was shared great joy[C].
When parents loved and worshipped
their [F]curly -headed [C]boy,
Was very soon decided
he'd [F]take his father's [C]name,
And following [F]his [C]footsteps,
they [G]wished on him great [C]fame.
His son grew in[F]to [C]manhood
and [G]started out to [C]roam.
And much against his parents,
he [F]left his friends and [C]home.
He journeyed through the city,
to [F]him fate did [C]resign.
His son led to [F]his [C]downfall,
he com[G]mitted his first [C]crime.
The law was [F]sun upon [C]him,
he [G]landed up in [C]jail.
His friends could not get pardon,
nor [F]could they go his [C]bail.
One night he broke for freedom
by [F]using a wooden [C]gun.
His guard [F]was easily [C]buffaloed,
his [G]clever trick had [C]won.
And then [F]began the [C]manhunt,
the [G]greatest ever [C]known.
With plots and plans to trap him,
with [F]brains and skill were [C]shown.
His draw was fast as lightning,
re[F]wards stood on his [C]head.
Go bring [F]in this great [C]criminal,
whether [G]he be alive or [C]dead.
It happened [F]in [C]Chicago,
thus [G]noted for its [C]fame.
The home of noted gangsters,
where [F]many a man is [C]slain.
He was taking in a picture,
when a [F]woman tipped the [C]law.
Three bullets [F]pierced his [C]body,
he had [G]not a chance to [C]draw.
The great man [F]hunt is [C]ended,
the [G]innocent must [C]pay.
When they have to stop the bullets,
that [F]chance to go [C]astray.
So young men take my warning,
this [F]crime it does not [C]pay.
And think of [F]Johnny [C]Dillinger,
when he [G]met his fatal day.