Dwight Yoakam - 20 Years guitar chord

Dwight Yoakam - 20 years (Words and Chords)

By Axehappy - axehappyuk@yahoo.co.uk

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D C D C G D

(Lead Guitar intro)

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Verse 1

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D C D

Hey look yonder, Henry, comes the sheriff

C D

And he's carrying a warrant in his hand.

C D

Don't you run poor ol' Henry for he'll shoot you,

A D

Not long will you be a free man.

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Chorus

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G D

Now 20 years you must spend behind steel bars,

G D

For a crime that you did not do.

G D

Yeah the lie she swore in that district court

A D

Has proved to be the ruin of you.

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Verse 2

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D C D

Tried to warn you Henry, not to cross her.

C D

Tried to tell you about her vengeful ways.

C D

When you turned and left her for another,

A D

She swore, Henry, that she'd make you pay.

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Chorus

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Instrumental

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Verse 3

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D C D

Listen well all you young rounders

C D

Heed the lesson poor old Henry never learned,

C D

That even Hell with all its fiery power

A D D7

Hath no fury like a woman scorned.

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Chorus

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G D

Yeah the lie she swore in that district court

A D

Has proved to be the ruin of you...