E 							  E 
They're building the gallows outside of my own cell.  I've got 25 minutes to  
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go.  In 25 minutes I'll be in hell, I've got 24 minutes to go.  Well they gave  
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me some peas for my last meal with 23 minutes to go.  And you know nobody's  
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asking me oh how I feel I've got 22 minutes to go.  So I wrote the Gov'nor and  
						B 
the whole damn ???? with 21 minutes to go.  And I called up the Mayor and you  
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know he's out to lunch with 20 more minutes to go.  And the Sheriff said ?Boy,  
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I wanna watch you die? with 19 minutes to go.  So I spit in his face and then I  
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kicked him in the eye with 18 minutes to go. 
  
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Well I called to the warden to take my plea with 17 minutes to go.  He says  
								G 
'Call me back in a week or three? with 16 minutes to go.  Well my lawyer says  
								D 
he's sorry and he'll miss my case with 15 minutes to go.  Well if you're so  
								G 
sorry then come and take my place with 14 minutes to go.  Well he comes Padre  
					    D 
gonna set me free with 13 minutes to go.  And I'm stuck in my bed and you know  
							G 
I feel so fuckin cold with 12 more minutes to go.  Now they're testing the  
									D 
trap, I've got chills down my spine with 11 more minutes to go.  Cuz the god- 
									G 
damn thing seems to work just fine with 10 more minutes to go.  I'm waiting for  
							      D 
the pardon gonna set me free with 9 more minutes to go.  But this ain't the  
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movies so the hell with me with 8 more minutes to go. 
  
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Now I'm climbing up the ladder that the scaffolder built with 7 more minutes to  
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go. I better watch my step before I break my leg with 6 more minutes to go.   
											   
With my feet on the trap and my head in the noose I've got 5 more minutes to  
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go.  Well come on someone and cut me loose I've got 4 more minutes to go.  I  
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can see the mountains I can see the sky with 3 more minutes to go.  And it's  
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too damn pretty for a man to want to die with 2 more minutes to go.  I can hear  
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the bush and I see the crows with 1 more minute to go.  And now I'm swinging  
 
here I go.