[INTRO]
Am
Am C D(add4) F (x4)
[VERSE]
Am C Dadd4 F
My terr-i-ble ways
C E7
They got me in jail
F C
Where some did succeed
G Am
I always did fail
G# C A7 F Fm
But I thought I was fine to wait for the day
C G# C F C
When I’d paid for my terrible ways
Am C D(add4) F (x2)
[VERSE]
Am C Dadd4 F
My terr-i-ble ways
C E7
They came to and end
F C G Am
When a mighty deluge freed the criminal men
G# C
But I stayed in Mississippi
A7 F Fm
and three souls I saved
C G# C F C
and so ended my terrible ways
[CHORUS]
F C
Terrible ways, terrible ways
G Am
sooner or later a criminal pays
F C Am
And I’ll never have enough, enough
D7/F# F
To pay this off
Am C D(add9) F (x2)
[SOLO]
play verse 1x
[CHORUS]
repeat chorus
Am C D(add4) F
[VERSE]
Am C Dadd4 F
My terr-i-ble ways
C E7
The govenor forgave
F C G Am
On account of three souls and account of the wave
G# C A7 F Fm
That took my wife and baby and swept them away
C G# C F C
All ‘cause of my terrible ways
[CHORUS]
F C
Terrible ways, terrible ways
G Am
Sooner or later I know I’m going to pay
F C Am
And I’ll never have enough, enough
D7/F# F
To pay this off