Hợp âm The Murder Of The Lawson Family

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[Verse 1]
[G]It was on last Christmas Evening
A snow was [D]on [G]the ground
In [C]a home in North Car[G]olina
Where the [C]murder [G]he [C]was fou[G]nd
His name was Charlie [D]Lawson
And he had a loving [G]wife
But we'll [C]never know what [G]caused him
To [D]take his [G]family's life.
[D][G]

[Verse 2]
They say he killed his [D]wife at first
And the little ones did [G]cry
"Please [C]papa, papa, [G]spare our lives
For [D]it is so hard to [G]die".
But the raging man could [D]not be stopped
He would not heed their [G]call
And he [C]kept on firing [G]fatal shots
Un[D]til he killed them [G]all
[D][G]

[Verse 3]
And when the sad, sad [D]news was heard
It was a great [G]surprise
He [C]killed six children [G]and his wife
And [D]then he closed their [G]eyes
"And now farewell,
kind [D]friends and home
I'II see you all no [G]more
In[C]to my heart I'll [G]fire a fatal shot
Then my [D]troubles will be [G]o'er."
[D][G][D][G]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
They [G]did not carry [D]him to jail
No lawyers did he [G]pay
He'll [C]have his trial in [G]another world
On the [D]final judgment [G]day
They all were buried in a [D]crowded grave
While angels watched [G]above
"Come [C]home, come home, my [G]little ones
To the [D]land of peace and [G]love."
"Come [C]home, come home, [G]my little ones
To the [D]land of peace and love."