G F#
E I came through the fence in ‘93
Cadd9GF# And I know that they are after me today
E I believe this is the land for me
Cadd9GF# Of hope, and grace, and liberty
E Oh, my grandfather, he told me
Cadd9GF# Son, you’ll never have to run anymore
E Oh, but I broke the law
Cadd9G F# Which I will surely die for
Cadd9 I am on my way
E I have to leave today,
GD Tell my wife and boy that I love them
Cadd9E I gave my son to America
GF# God, I pray they treat him well
E Well, my daddy left when I was five,
Cadd9GF# I do not know if he’s alive at all
E And, it’s hard with just my mom and me
Cadd9GF# But I work to feed my family
E And, I work hard to keep my bitter pay
Cadd9GF# That the rich man comes and takes away
E So, I killed him in the dead of night
Cadd9GF# With my father’s gun
E I took his life away
Cadd9GF# I took his life away
Cadd9 I was on my way
E I have to leave today
GD Tell my mom and sister that I love them
Cadd9E I am on the run
 From America
GF# God, I pray they don’t catch me
E Now, I sit here in this dirty cell
Cadd9GF# The jailer comes to give me hell
E They have caught me and my racist mind
Cadd9GF# I’ll surely pay for what I’ve done
E But, then I look up and I see
Cadd9GF# This old man staring at me
E He tells me I remind him of someone
Cadd9GF# His own boy he left at the age of 5
E That probably thought his daddy died
Cadd9GF# And, how he wished he could tell him
Cadd9 He would say
E I was on my way, had to leave that day
GD Tell my wife and boy that I love them
Cadd9 I gave my love to America
GEmD God I pray they treat him well,
GEmD Oh, god I pray they treat well
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