[Intro] (4 downstrokes per chord) x2
A A/D E D
[Verse]
A
At the scene
A/D
Of the slow crime
E D
Of the century
A Esus4
Wanda Jean awoke
E6 D
Attached to two IVs
A
Lost her name
A/D
In a shell game
E D
To the masters of the deal
A Esus4
For the sanctioned closure
E6 D
And the governor's seal
[Intro chords] x2
A A/D E D
[Verse]
A
By the trains
A/D
On the east side
E D
Near an oil refinery
A Esus4
Marvin Lee took hold
E6 D
Of a snitch and let him bleed
A
So betrayed
A/D
In a shell game
E D
Where the jury all agreed
A Esus4
Marvin Lee's a ghost
E6 D
Attached to two IVs
[Chorus]
Bm
So what if they're wrong?
F#m
So what if they're right?
Bm
Let Lenny live?
F#m
Or let Lenny die?
Bm A
What should be an old relic by now
D
Should never have been
[Intro chords]
A A/D E D (2x)
[Verse]
A
From a tree
A/D
By a small stream
E D
In a trifling Texas town
A Esus4
E6 D
When they shot poor Johnny down
A
Duly framed
A/D
In a shell game
E D
So the truth was not revealed
A Esus4
For the sake of closure
E6 D
For the masters of the deal
[Chorus]
Bm
So what if they're wrong?
F#m
So what if they're right?
Bm
Let Lenny live?
F#m
Would you let Lenny die?
Bm A
What should be an old relic by now
D
Should never have been
Bm
The South is a ghost
F#m
A ghost is a lie
Bm
Harassing the roads
F#m
And haunting the pines
Bm
His mind may be slow
A
But that killer knows
D
Just how you feel
[Outro]
A
How you feel
A/D E D
A
Just how you feel
A/D E D
A
(At the scene
A/D
Of the slow crime
E D
Of the century)