G D A G D (X2)
[G]Back in 1953[D]
We stole a car old Merle And[A] Me
Never thinking wed [G]be put in jail.[D][G]
You might say that we were green [D]
I was barely seventeen[A]
When they put those[G] bars between o[D]ld Merle And Me.
[G]Late one night we hit the wall[D]
Twenty feet we had to fall[A]
To the ground where we co[G]uld craw into the weeds.[D]
[G]Waiting for that shotgun blast[D]
Never thinking we could last[A]
We sure had to [G]grow up fast, old Merle[D] And Me.
Chorus:
[G]We were young and crazy then[D]
It was easy to pretend[A]
Acting like we[G]d never been in reform sc[D]hool.
[G]Looking danger in the eye[D]
Walking with our heads held high[A]
We were not a[G]fraid to die, old[D] Merle And Me.
[G] [D] [A] [G] [D]
[G]We were living by the gun[D]
Never caring what wed done[A]
Swearing it was all just fun[G] and gam[D]es you know.
[G]We would die and go to hell[D]
Before we broke our vow to tell[A]
How we escaped th[G]at prison cell, old Mer[D]le And Me.
[G]How was Merle or Me to know [D]
We would end up on death row[A]
Waiting for our [G]turn in the electric c[D]hair.
[G]Shot down in a grocery store[D]
We got busted at the door[A]
Praying wasn't [G]easy for, old Merle [D]And Me.
Chorus:
G D A G D (X2)
[G]Back in 1953[D]
We stole a car old Merle And[A] Me
Never thinking wed [G]be put in jail.[D][G]
You might say that we were green [D]
I was barely seventeen[A]
When they put those[G] bars between o[D]ld Merle And Me.
[G]Late one night we hit the wall[D]
Twenty feet we had to fall[A]
To the ground where we co[G]uld craw into the weeds.[D]
[G]Waiting for that shotgun blast[D]
Never thinking we could last[A]
We sure had to [G]grow up fast, old Merle[D] And Me.
Chorus:
[G]We were young and crazy then[D]
It was easy to pretend[A]
Acting like we[G]d never been in reform sc[D]hool.
[G]Looking danger in the eye[D]
Walking with our heads held high[A]
We were not a[G]fraid to die, old[D] Merle And Me.
[G] [D] [A] [G] [D]
[G]We were living by the gun[D]
Never caring what wed done[A]
Swearing it was all just fun[G] and gam[D]es you know.
[G]We would die and go to hell[D]
Before we broke our vow to tell[A]
How we escaped th[G]at prison cell, old Mer[D]le And Me.
[G]How was Merle or Me to know [D]
We would end up on death row[A]
Waiting for our [G]turn in the electric c[D]hair.
[G]Shot down in a grocery store[D]
We got busted at the door[A]
Praying wasn't [G]easy for, old Merle [D]And Me.
Chorus:
G D A G D (X2)
