Tonart: C major
Verse 1
D
A
D
A
Nilsson
D
G
D
A
D
A
D
It was a rainy night and all
the windows were tight
And there were thirteen
people in the house
The owner and his wife,
the butler and his wife
Cook with her knife,
a couple named Smythe.
Verse 2
D
G
The Andersons were there with
G
D
And the scary caretaker and me
The clock struck one,
there was the sound of a gun
And I heard somebody run away.
Verse 3
D
And the twelve who were alive
had terror in their eyes
And I overheard the
G
A
Andersons say .
Verse 4
D
it?'
'Who could have done it?'
And I wonder where's the cook
and her knife
'Madam' - said Adam
with his wife by his side
G
D
'It was the shot we heard
that took her life'.
Verse 5
D
The other couple named Sloan
and I ran to the phone
G
D
G
To call the police but just then
D
All the power went out and
we heard a great shout
And we knew for someone
else it was the end.
Verse 6
we were shocked with alarm
G
D
For instead of being twelve,
Verse 7
we were ten.
D
Who could have done it?
Who could have done it?
The Andersons were such a nice pair.
Verse 8
D
Now the owner and his wife,
G
both afraid for their life
D
G
So they hurried to the door to run away
D
But before they got there,
there was a whistle through the air
G
D
Then another,
G
then they both had passed away.
Verse 9
D
There were seven of us left now,
afraid of death now
But I knew it wasn't me
D
'Cause when the power went out
G
and we heard the others shout
D
We were out there in the
hallway on the phone.
Verse 10
G
and the couple named Smythe
D
And the old scary caretaker too
G
D
So the Sloans and I,
who were both afraid to die
Had to think of something quick we could do.
Verse 11
G
the butler and his wife
D
G
And we gathered in the drawing room
D
But before we could call
for the caretaker too
G
D
It was too late for he had met his doom.
Verse 12
D
A
poison.
Verse 13
D
That left five, five, five were still alive
G
D
The Sloans, the Smythes and myself
Once again the lights went out
and I heard a great shout
From both the Smythes
and the Sloans.
Verse 14
D
And then the lights came on again
and I looked around again
And everybody was dead
D
G
D
Verse 15
G
D
Well, I must have passed out
for the next thing I knew
G
D
I was awakened with my hands in chains
G
D
There was a man with a gun and he
said: 'Don't bother, son'
G
D
'You'll have plenty of
time to explain'.
Verse 16
D
I was rushed to a car, then taken to a cell
And a lawyer came in and said his name
G
D
He said: 'I'm sure you told the truth but the truth is,
my boy'
'To believe in the judge would
be insane'.
Verse 17
D
'Now before I pass sentence on you,
have you anything to say?'
I said: 'Are you kiddin'?'
G
D
I said: 'This must be a dream' - I said:
'This can't be real'
'You don't believe a word
that I've said'.
Verse 18
and said: 'Have mercy on his soul'
G
D
And I was hanged by the neck until dead,
C
D
C
D
G
have mercy.
Verse 19
G
D
wait a minute, hey, stop
G
Hey, would you mind rewind
D
G
ing that last sentence?
D
I mean, hanged by the what?
G
D
Until when?
Hey, listen, I think you made a little,
I mean I think you made a large mistake here
First of all, I was in Colorado having breakfast with a nun,
G
D
OK?
What do you mean? There's nothing
to get hung up about
I mean, you should be in here
Hey, you ever heard of the word appeal?
D
G
D
D
Well, I'm about to appeal you off that bench
in a minute unless you change that decision
Listen, I got a lot,
I mean I had a lot of friends in this town
Hey, I want to see my congress man.
Wie hat dir der Song gefallen?
TunerE A D G B E
Akkorde & SongtexteD A G C
Mehr Songs von Nilsson
Entdecke Akkorde für mehr Songs zum Spielen
Ähnliche Songs
Entdecke Akkorde für mehr Songs zum Spielen
4.7
Beliebte Akkorde weltweit
Meistgespielte Akkorde & Tabs aller Nutzer