Jason Boland
False Accuser's Lament
Rancho Alto - 2011
Standard Tuning
[G]I said I'd seen the killin
Could [Am]identify the villain
[C]Shot a man [D]beneath the town hall g[G]low[D]
[G]I was one of few
The j[Am]ury never knew
[C]about to line our p[D]ockets
with the [C]bankers j[D]ealous g[G]old
[G]He said his lovin woman sinned
let [Am]alone with a friend
[C]he couldnt have his[D] childrens mother s[G]hamed[D]
[G]I saw the shooter run
[Am]coulda been anyone
but for the [C]price of a [D]new plow
a l[C]ocal m[D]an was f[G]ramed[G7]
Chorus:
[C]Now the nightly terror is the [G]fortune to be paid
I [D]hear the guilty gavel, I [C]see his body s[D]wing
[G]Father please [G7]forgive me
for I've fa[C]lsely testif[Am]ied
They had me [G]swear upon a [D]bible and I l[G]ied
[G]I never strayed before
but the [Am]pain of being poor
[C]Lord what the [D]hell came over [G]me[D]
[G]This aint who momma raised
another [Am]dollar fearing slave
But the[C] thought of losing [D]all our land
was [C]blind[D]ing you [G]see[G7]
Chorus
The [G]seeds had all been sown
Soon The [Am]crops were nearly grown
But the [C]rain let up, the [D]ground turned hard as[G] nails[DDsus4D]
The [G]banker took my home
now [Am]I'm in these hills alone
oh from [C]time to time i se[D]e his wife
in a [C]long [D]black v[G]eil[G7]
Chorus
Oh [G]Father please for[G7]give me
For I f[C]alsely testif[Am]ied
They had me [G]swear upon a [D]bible and I [G]lied
False Accuser's Lament
Rancho Alto - 2011
Standard Tuning
[G]I said I'd seen the killin
Could [Am]identify the villain
[C]Shot a man [D]beneath the town hall g[G]low[D]
[G]I was one of few
The j[Am]ury never knew
[C]about to line our p[D]ockets
with the [C]bankers j[D]ealous g[G]old
[G]He said his lovin woman sinned
let [Am]alone with a friend
[C]he couldnt have his[D] childrens mother s[G]hamed[D]
[G]I saw the shooter run
[Am]coulda been anyone
but for the [C]price of a [D]new plow
a l[C]ocal m[D]an was f[G]ramed[G7]
Chorus:
[C]Now the nightly terror is the [G]fortune to be paid
I [D]hear the guilty gavel, I [C]see his body s[D]wing
[G]Father please [G7]forgive me
for I've fa[C]lsely testif[Am]ied
They had me [G]swear upon a [D]bible and I l[G]ied
[G]I never strayed before
but the [Am]pain of being poor
[C]Lord what the [D]hell came over [G]me[D]
[G]This aint who momma raised
another [Am]dollar fearing slave
But the[C] thought of losing [D]all our land
was [C]blind[D]ing you [G]see[G7]
Chorus
The [G]seeds had all been sown
Soon The [Am]crops were nearly grown
But the [C]rain let up, the [D]ground turned hard as[G] nails[DDsus4D]
The [G]banker took my home
now [Am]I'm in these hills alone
oh from [C]time to time i se[D]e his wife
in a [C]long [D]black v[G]eil[G7]
Chorus
Oh [G]Father please for[G7]give me
For I f[C]alsely testif[Am]ied
They had me [G]swear upon a [D]bible and I [G]lied
