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Verse 1
Well, there's l[D#]ots of strange men in cell-block ten,
but the strangest of them [A#]all
was a [G#]pal of mine who would s[D#]pend his time
just [Cm]staring at the [D#]wall, [G#]staring at the [D#]wall.
Verse 2
In his [D#]hand was a note that his gal had wrote,
which proves that crime don't [A#]pay
the [G#]very same gal that h'd r[D#]obbed and stole for,
[Cm] naming her wedding [D#]day, [G#]naming her wedding [D#]day.
Bridge 1
As he l[G#]ooked at the wall so [D#]strong and tall,
I [G#]heard him softly [D#]curse, "no[G#]body at all
has ever [D#]made that wall, but [Cm]I'm gonna be the [D#]first,
[G#] I'm gonna be the [D#]first."
verse 3 (same than first verse)
Well the Warden walked by, said "Son don't try,
cause I'd hate to see you fall -
cause there ain't no doubt we're gonna carry you out
if you ever touch that wall, if you ever touch that wall."
verse 4 (same than first verse)
But a year has gone by since he made his try;
I can still recall how hard he tried
and the way he died,
but he never topped the wall, never topped the wall.
Bridge2
[G#] Many a man who has s[D#]hook this can,
and [G#]I know a man who [D#]tried.
The [G#]newspapers called it a [D#]jailbreak plan,
but [Cm]I know it was sui[D#]cide; [G#]I know that it was sui[D#]cide.
verse 5
Well I [D#]know that I shouldn't have [Cm]done it
I [G#]know it j[A#]ust wasn't [D#]right.
Cause they got me backed up to the C[A#]ottonmouth [Cm]river
and I [G#]can't cross [A#]late at [D#]night.
refrain
Yeah, there's [A#]lots of stories told about the [D#]Cottonmouth river,
[G#] they tell them time and a[A#]gain,
about the [D#]men who tried to cross that [A#]river by [Cm]moonlight
[G#] never [A#]were heard from [D#]again.
verse 6 (same than verse 5)
Well if I had my life to live over,
I'd've gone to work that day
instead of going into town and shooting him down
for a thing I never heard him say.
refrain
Yeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,
they tell them time and again,
about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
never were heard from again.
verse 7 (same than verse 5)
Well, I'd just made it through the canebreak
and got one foot in the mud.
I can hear the hounds a-bayin'
but the snake around my ankle's telling me
my running days are done.
refrain
Yeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,
they tell them time and again,
about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
never were heard from again.
Verse 1
Well, there's l[D#]ots of strange men in cell-block ten,
but the strangest of them [A#]all
was a [G#]pal of mine who would s[D#]pend his time
just [Cm]staring at the [D#]wall, [G#]staring at the [D#]wall.
Verse 2
In his [D#]hand was a note that his gal had wrote,
which proves that crime don't [A#]pay
the [G#]very same gal that h'd r[D#]obbed and stole for,
[Cm] naming her wedding [D#]day, [G#]naming her wedding [D#]day.
Bridge 1
As he l[G#]ooked at the wall so [D#]strong and tall,
I [G#]heard him softly [D#]curse, "no[G#]body at all
has ever [D#]made that wall, but [Cm]I'm gonna be the [D#]first,
[G#] I'm gonna be the [D#]first."
verse 3 (same than first verse)
Well the Warden walked by, said "Son don't try,
cause I'd hate to see you fall -
cause there ain't no doubt we're gonna carry you out
if you ever touch that wall, if you ever touch that wall."
verse 4 (same than first verse)
But a year has gone by since he made his try;
I can still recall how hard he tried
and the way he died,
but he never topped the wall, never topped the wall.
Bridge2
[G#] Many a man who has s[D#]hook this can,
and [G#]I know a man who [D#]tried.
The [G#]newspapers called it a [D#]jailbreak plan,
but [Cm]I know it was sui[D#]cide; [G#]I know that it was sui[D#]cide.
verse 5
Well I [D#]know that I shouldn't have [Cm]done it
I [G#]know it j[A#]ust wasn't [D#]right.
Cause they got me backed up to the C[A#]ottonmouth [Cm]river
and I [G#]can't cross [A#]late at [D#]night.
refrain
Yeah, there's [A#]lots of stories told about the [D#]Cottonmouth river,
[G#] they tell them time and a[A#]gain,
about the [D#]men who tried to cross that [A#]river by [Cm]moonlight
[G#] never [A#]were heard from [D#]again.
verse 6 (same than verse 5)
Well if I had my life to live over,
I'd've gone to work that day
instead of going into town and shooting him down
for a thing I never heard him say.
refrain
Yeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,
they tell them time and again,
about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
never were heard from again.
verse 7 (same than verse 5)
Well, I'd just made it through the canebreak
and got one foot in the mud.
I can hear the hounds a-bayin'
but the snake around my ankle's telling me
my running days are done.
refrain
Yeah, there's lots of stories told about the Cottonmouth river,
they tell them time and again,
about the men who tried to cross that river by moonlight
never were heard from again.
