by: Chris Knight
CD: Chris Knight
From: Andrew@lyonap.force9.co.uk
Capo 1st Fret
Intro x2 C
G
Well I was hauling logs ten years ago
D
The news was out on the radio
Em
That a shot was fired the night before
C
And a local man lay dead on the floor
G
And the dust was flying in the lumberyard
D
Lights were flashing on two black cars
Em
I said, sheriff I ain't done nothing wrong
C (hold)
He just knocked me down and put the handcuffs on
GD
I was framed, they took me away
EmC
Like I was the only one to blame
GD
Framed, guilty they said
EmC
Railroaded me on a one way train
GD
Framed, and on judgement day
EmC
They want me to hang my head in shame
GD
But I was framed, and that's all I'll say
EmC
Now don't be running down my name
G
I was framed
GDECG
Barbara Jo cried through the glass
D
At the murder trial I seen her last
Em
I loved that woman but now she's free
C
She turned away when they sentenced me
G
And the guilty man ain't never told
D
Ten years later they put me on the road
Em
And I'll always say that I got screwed
C (hold)
I'm a brand new man with the same attitude
GD
I was framed, they took me away
EmC
Like I was the only one to blame
GD
Framed, guilty they said
EmC
Railroaded me on a one way train
GD
Framed, and on judgement day
EmC
They want me to hang my head in shame
GD
But I was framed, and that's all I'll say
EmC
Now don't be running down my name
GCm
I was framed
GDECCG
Now the guilty man paid long ago
D
He's the same man who got laid low
Em
When he took my wife he was hell bound
C (hold)
Even if I did gun him down
GD
I was framed, they took me away
EmC
Like I was the only one to blame
GD
Framed, guilty they said
EmC
Railroaded me on a one way train
GD
Framed, and on judgement day
EmC
They want me to hang my head in shame
GD
But I was framed, and that's all I'll say
EmC
Now don't be running down my name
GCm
I was framed
GCm
I was framed