Biography:
The Civil Wars were an American musical duo composed of singer-songwriters Joy Williams and John Paul White. After releasing a live-performance album and a four-song EP, their full-length album Barton Hollow was released in 2011. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and Best Folk Album in 2012.
Williams and White met in 2008, during a song-writing session or "writing camp" at a music studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Other songs:
- 20 Years
- Barton Hollow
- Between The Bars
- Birds Of A Feather
- Cest La Mort
- Dance Me To The End Of Love
- Devils Backbone
- Disarm
- Dust To Dust
- Falling
- Forget Me Not
- From This Valley
- Girl With The Red Balloon
- I Had Me A Girl
- I've Got This Friend
- If I Didn't Know Better
- Kingdom Come
- Poison And Wine
- Sour Times
- The Girl With The Red Balloon
- Tip Of My Tongue
- To Whom It May Concern
- C’est La Mort
- Devil’s Backbone
- Eavesdrop
- I’ve Got This Friend
- The One That Got Away
- You Are My Sunshine
- Billie Jean
- Go
- Goodbye Girl
- I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
- I Want You Back
- If I Didnt Know Better
- Ive Got This Friend
- Lily Love
- O Come O Come Emmanuel
- Oh Henry
- One That Got Away
- Sacred Heart
- Same Old Same Old
- Tell Mama
- Tracks In The Snow
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[Verse]
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what have I done?
I've fallen in love with a man on the run
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please
Dm Am
Don't take that sinner from me
Dm Am
Oh don't take that sinner from me
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what do I do?
G Am
I've fallen for someone who's nothing like you
Am
He's raised on the edge of the devil's backbone
Dm Am
Oh I just want to take him home
Dm Am
Oh I just want to take him home
[Chorus]
Am G Dm Am
Oooooooooh
Am G Dm Am
Oooooooooh
[Verse]
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, he's somewhere between
G Am
A hangman's knot, and three mouths to feed
Am
There wasn't a wrong or a right he could choose
Dm Am
He did what he had to do
Dm Am
He did what he had to do
[Chorus]
Am G Dm Am
Oooooooooh
Am G Dm Am
Oooooooooh
[Verse]
Am G
Give me the burden, give me the blame
Dm F
I'll shoulder the load, and I'll swallow the shame
Am G
Give me the burden, give me the blame
Dm F
How many, how many Hail Mary's is it gonna take?
[Outro]
Am
Don't care if he's guilty, don't care if he's not
G Am
He's good and he's bad, and he's all that I've got
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please
Dm Am
Don't take that sinner from me
Dm Am
Oh don't take that sinner from me
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what have I done?
I've fallen in love with a man on the run
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please
Dm Am
Don't take that sinner from me
Dm Am
Oh don't take that sinner from me
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, what do I do?
G Am
I've fallen for someone who's nothing like you
Am
He's raised on the edge of the devil's backbone
Dm Am
Oh I just want to take him home
Dm Am
Oh I just want to take him home
[Chorus]
Am G Dm Am
Oooooooooh
Am G Dm Am
Oooooooooh
[Verse]
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, he's somewhere between
G Am
A hangman's knot, and three mouths to feed
Am
There wasn't a wrong or a right he could choose
Dm Am
He did what he had to do
Dm Am
He did what he had to do
[Chorus]
Am G Dm Am
Oooooooooh
Am G Dm Am
Oooooooooh
[Verse]
Am G
Give me the burden, give me the blame
Dm F
I'll shoulder the load, and I'll swallow the shame
Am G
Give me the burden, give me the blame
Dm F
How many, how many Hail Mary's is it gonna take?
[Outro]
Am
Don't care if he's guilty, don't care if he's not
G Am
He's good and he's bad, and he's all that I've got
Am
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I'm begging you please
Dm Am
Don't take that sinner from me
Dm Am
Oh don't take that sinner from me
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