[Verse]
G 
Well they're building a gallows outside my cell  
                       D7 
I've got 25 minutes to go  
  
And the whole town's waiting just to hear me yell  
                    G 
I got 24 minutes to go
[Verse]
G 
Well they gave me some beans for my last meal  
                    D7 
I got 23 minutes to go  
  
But nobody ask me how I feel  
                    G 
I got 22 minutes to go
[Verse]
G 
Well I sent for the governor and the whole darn bunch  
                   D7 
With 21 minutes to go  
  
And I called up the mayor but he's out to lunch  
                         G 
I got 20 more minutes to go
[Verse]
G 
Then the sheriff said boy I'm gonna watch you die  
                   D7 
With 19 minutes to go  
  
So I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye  
                   G 
With 18 minutes to go
[Verse]
G 
Now here comes the preacher for to save my soul  
                   D7 
With 13 minutes to go  
  
And he's talking bout burning but I'm so cold  
                             G 
And I got 12 more minutes to go
[Verse]
G 
Now they're testing the trap and it chills my spine  
                        D7 
With 11 more minutes to go  
  
And the trap and the rope oh they work just fine  
                       G 
Got 10 more minutes to go
[Verse]
G 
Well I'm waiting for the pardon that'll set me free  
                       D7 
With 9 more minutes to go  
  
But this ain't the movies so forget about me  
                      G 
Got 8 more minutes to go
[Verse]
G 
With my feet on the trap and my head in the noose  
                  D7 
5 more minutes to go  
  
Won't somebody come and cut me loose  
                      G 
Got 4 more minutes to go
[Verse]
G 
I can see the mountains I can see the sky  
                  D7 
3 more minutes to go  
  
And it's too darn pretty for a man to wanna die  
                        G 
I got 2 more minutes to go
[Verse]
G 
I can see the buzzards I can hear the crows  
                 D7 
1 more minute to go  
  
And now I'm swinging  
  
And here I go-o-o-o