Cm G# A# D# The young man stands on the edge of his porchFm Cm Fm G The days were short and the father was goneCm G# A# D# There was no one in the town and no one in the fieldFm Cm Fm G This dusty barren land had given all it could yield Cm G# A# D# I've been kicked off my land at the age of sixteenFm Cm Fm G And I have no idea where else my heart could have beenCm G# A# D# I placed all my trust at the foot of this hillFm Cm Fm G And now I am sure my heart can never be stillCm G# A# D# So collect your courage and collect your horseFm Cm Fm G And pray you never feel this same kind of remorse Cm G# A# D# Seal my heart and brake my prideFm Cm Fm G I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hideCm G# A# D# Align my heart, my body, my mindFm Cm Fm G To face what I've done and do my time Cm G# A# D# Well you are my accuser, now look in my faceFm Cm Fm G Your opression reeks of your greed and disgraceCm G# A# D# So one man has and another has notFm Cm Fm G How can you love what it is you have gotCm G# A# D# When you took it all from the weak hands of the poor?Fm Cm Fm G Liars and thieves you know not what is in store Cm G# A# D# There will come a time I will look in your eyeFm Cm Fm G You will pray to the God that you always deniedCm G# A# D# The I'll go out back and I'll get my gunFm Cm Fm G I'll say, "You haven't met me, I am the only son" Cm G# A# D# Seal my heart and brake my prideFm Cm Fm G I've nowhere to stand and now nowhere to hideCm G# A# D# Align my heart, my body, my mindFm Cm Fm G To face what I've done and do my time - 2x - Cm G# A# D# Well yes sir, yes sir, yes it was meFm Cm Fm G I know what I've done, cause I know what I've seenCm G# A# D# I went out back and I got my gunFm Cm Fm G I said, "You haven't met me, I am the only son"
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