VERSE 1:
I can [D#] hear the soft [Cm] breathing of the [Ab] girl that I [Gm] love
As she [D#] lies here be-[Fm]-side me a-[A#]-sleep with the night
And her [D#] hair in a [Cm] fine mist [Ab] floats on my [Gm] pillow
Re-[D#]-flecting the [Fm] glow of the [Ab] win-[A#]-ter moon-[D#]-light [Fm][D#]
VERSE 2:
She is [D#] soft she is [Cm] warm but my [Ab] heart remains [Gm] heavy
As I [D#] watch as her [Fm] breasts gently [A#] rise, gently fall
For I [D#] know with the [Cm] first light of [Ab] dawn I'll be [Gm] leaving
And [D#] tonight will be [Fm] all I have [Ab] left [A#] to re-[D#]-call [Fm][D#]
VERSE 3:
Oh [D#] what have I [Cm] done, [Ab] why have I [Gm] done it
I've [D#] committed a [Fm] crime, [A#] broken the law
For [D#] twenty five [Cm] dollars and [Ab] pieces of [Gm] silver
I [D#] held up and [Fm] robbed a [Ab] hard [A#] liquor [D#] store [Fm][D#]
VERSE 4:
My [D#] life seems un-[Cm]-real, my [Ab] crime an [Gm] illusion
A [D#] scene badly [Fm] written in [A#] which I must play
And I [D#] know as I [Cm] gaze at my [Ab] young love be-[Gm]-side me
The [D#] morning is [Fm] just a few [Ab] hou-[A#]-rs a-[D#]-way [Fm][D# open]
