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Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: 25 Minutes To Go
Album: Live (10/25/03)
Transcribed by: Rick
Written For: http://www.giventowail.com
E: 022100
B7: x21202
G: 320033
D: xx0232
Dsus4: xx0233
Dsus2: xx0230
A: 577655
E5: 0799xx
E
They're buildin' the gallows outside my cell
E B7
I got 25 minutes to go
and in 25 minutes I'll be in hell
E
I got 24 minutes to go
E
Well, they give me some beans for my last meal
E B7
with 23 minutes to go
B7
and you know, nobody's asked me how I feel
B7 E
with 22 minutes to go
E
so, I wrote to the gov'nor and the whole damned bunch
E B7
with 21 minutes to go
B7
and I call up the mayor, you know, he's out to lunch
B7 E
with 20 more minutes to go
E
and the sheriff says, "boy, I'm gonna watch you die"
E B7
with 19 minutes to go
B7
so I laugh In his face and I spit in his eye
B7 E
with 18 minutes to go
G
G
Well I call out to the warden to hear my plea
G D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D
17 minute to go
D
He says, "call me back in a week or three,
D G
you've got 16 minutes to go"
G
Well, my lawyer says he's sorry that he missed my case.
G D
15 minutes to go
D
yeah, well If you're so sorry then come up and take my place
D G
With 14 minutes to go
G
well, now here comes the padre, gonna save my soul
G D
with 13 minutes to go
D
and he's talkin' about burnin', but I feel so cold
D G
With 12 more minutes to go
G
now they're testin' the trap and it chills my spine
G D
with 11 minutes to go
D
Cuz the goddamned thing, you know, it works just fine
D G
With 10 more minutes to go
G
I'm waitin' for the pardon, gonna set me free
G D
with 9 more minutes to go
D
but this ain't the movies, so to hell with me
D G
With 8 more minutes to go
A
A
Now I'm climbin' up the ladder with a scaffold peg
A E5
with 7 more minutes to go
E5
And I betta' watch my step or else I'll break my leg
E5 A
With 6 more minutes to go
A
Yeah, with my feet on the trap and my head in the noose
A E5
I got 5 more minutes to go
E5
Well, c'mon somethin', come and cut me loose
E5 A
With 4 more minutes to go
A
And I can see the mountains, I can see the sky
A E5
With 3 more minutes to go
E5
and it's too damned pretty for a man to want to die
E5 A
With got 2 more minutes to go
A
I can hear the buzzards, and I see the crows
A E5
with 1 more minute to go
E5 E5
and now I'm swingin' and here I go-o-o-o.
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