Faye Tucker

Tuning: DADGBE 

Intro: D5 

verse 1 
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On the night they killed Faye Tucker 
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I was gambling away my last dime 
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Well I pulled down the lever 
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And I sent up a prayer 
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That my luck would not be denied  
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My luck would not be denied 


verse 2 
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Roll out the head of Faye Tucker 
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And never you mind what they say 
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You may be reborn but its all just for scorn 
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And that's what you'll take to the grave 
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That's what you'll take to the grave  


verse 3 
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Well the minister wants you to live now 
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And the governor wants you to fry 
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And whatever it was that you thought might occur 
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They got something else in their minds  
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The got something else in their minds  


verse 4 
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If you live they gonna make you a campaigner 
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If you die they gonna make you a grave 
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Either way it goes down 
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Well your life's not your own  
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And that's why killin' don't pay 
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That's why killin' don't pay  


Bridge 
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I thought I heard the angel's bells 
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But they were just the hounds of hell 
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I thought I heard the angel's bells 
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But they were just the hounds of hell  


Verse 5 
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What did you learn Faye Tucker 
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What will take from this world  
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Well mercy could prove us 
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But nothing would move us 
  

Outro 
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To rise above just being cruel 
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To rise above just being cruel