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AI killed a man
CIn the river
D AYeah, I watched the current carry him away..
AYeah, I killed a man
CDown in the river
DYeah, I had to take a life
Am G D A D G DTo keep one out the grave. .
Verse 1
AHe was friends with the devil
AmWadn't worth a dang
GTried to drown me in a bottle
DTried to choke me on smoke
AHe was hurtin' my momma
Am G DHad my ol' man prayin' like a preacher at the end of his rope
Pre-Chorus
GIt was justified
It was self-defense
DIt was Do or die
It was me and him
Chorus
So I
AKilled a man
CIn the river
D AYeah, I watched the current carry him away
AYeah, I killed a man
CDown in the river
G DYeah, I had to take a life.
ATo keep one out the grave
Verse 2
ADidn't pull no knife, didn't fire no gun
G DJust held him under long enough to put him down
ANobody's gonna miss that prodigal son
G DHe's probably halfway down the Mississippi by now
Pre-Chorus
GWent from guilty as sin to covered in blood
DNow who I Am ain't who I was
(Cause)
Chorus
AKilled a man
CIn the river
D AYeah, I watched the current carry him away
AYeah, I killed a man
CDown in the river
G DYeah, I had to take a life .
ATo keep one out the grave
Bridge
G A Wipin' muddy water outta my eyes
G A That's the day that I saw the light
G A'Bout six feet out in the Buffalo
CWas my Damascus road
Chorus
So I
AKilled a man
CIn the river
D A G A GYeah, I watched the current carry him away .
AYeah, I killed a man
CDown in the river
G DYeah, I had to take a life.
ATo keep one out the grave
Post-Chorus
Oh, sometimes
You gotta
GTake a life
D ATo keep one out the grave
Outro
A G D A G D .
A G I killed a man
DI killed a man
A G D AI killed a man. .
DHe was friends with the devil
Wadn't worth a dang
GTried to drown me in a bottle
DTried to choke me on smoke
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