G      355433
Csus2  x35533
[Intro]
Em G Csus2 G (x2)
[Verse]
        Em              G 
Well, I killed a man in Birmingham 
 Csus2              G 
I hit him with a tire iron 
   Em                 G                 Csus2    G 
He did not move and I do not give a damn  
          Em 
I've been working here 
       G 
Like a slavin' mule 
Csus2             G 
Sucking the earth dry of crude 
Em            G                Csus2     G 
Looking for a way out of it all  
Em 
Cops are coming 
      G 
I can feel 'em here 
   Csus2                 G 
My back is crawling with standing hair 
Em               G                  Csus2     G 
Wouldn't mind to see a few pigs fall
[Chorus]
           Em          G 
So take me down to the river 
   Csus2            G 
My blood all on the floor 
Em                          G 
Cause I don't know if I can carry this weight 
     Csus2     G 
Much longer anymore  
Em             G 
Take me up the mountain 
     Csus2               G 
On a cloud bound for the sky 
Em                   G 
Don't go praying for me 
        Csus2                   G 
Because tonight I'm prepared to die
[Instrumental]
Em G Csus2 G (x4)
[Verse]
    Em                  G 
That night out there in Birmingham 
     Csus2            G 
That boy who tried to rob me 
  Em              G 
I did not want to but I had to 
Csus2             G 
Show that boy the real me  
    Em      G 
At night I often wonder 
        Csus2           G 
What my tombstone would say 
     Em                      G 
Would they mention any of my good 
        Csus2      G 
Or just evil in my days  
    Em           G 
The dust has now settled 
           Csus2           G 
From those boys who busted in 
  Em       G 
I am not a bad man 
            Csus2         G 
But there's bullets in my skin
[Chorus]
           Em          G 
So take me down to the river 
   Csus2            G 
My blood all on the floor 
Em                          G 
Cause I don't know if I can carry this weight 
     Csus2     G 
Much longer anymore  
Em             G 
Take me up the mountain 
     Csus2               G 
On a cloud bound for the sky 
Em                   G 
Don't go praying for me 
        Csus2                   G 
Because tonight I'm prepared to die
[Instrumental]
Em G Csus2 G (x4)
[Outro]
        Em              G                Csus2           G 
Well, I killed a man in Birmingham, that boy he tried to rob me 
  Em              G            Csus2             G 
I did not want to but I had to show that boy the real me