Knoxville Courthouse chords

Intro: [E] [Am] [G] [A] [G] [D]

[Am]I'm sittin' in Knoxville [G]courthouse [D]ain't got a thing to [A]do
I [Am]don't wanna go to the [G]movies [D]couldn't if I wanted [A]to cuz I'm on [G]trial [D]for lovin' you
[A]Now this all started in a [G]honky tonk [D]just the other side of [A]town
[A]A girl come in took a [G]stool by me ordered [D]gin and drank it [A]down
[A]She lit up a [G]cigarette [D]sexly turned [Am]around
[Am]Well she said my name is [G]Jannie and [D]asked me what was [Am]mine
[Am]I answered Hank as I [G]walked to the jukebox [D]droppin' a [A]dime
[A]Checked out her [G]short dress [D]low neck [A]line
[A]Well we danced for five or ten [G]minutes and I [D]held her close to [A]me
[A]Kissed her lips and [G]squeezed her hips and [D]judged about twenty [Am]three
Whispere[G]d in my ears [D]I said yes sir[Am]ee
Now the scene is a little [G]motel out[D] on the state high[A]way
There in room[G] 12 little love[D] is about to take [Am]place
And a state tro[G]oper breaks down the door [D]shines a flas[Am]h light in my [A]face
[B7]I said what the hell is [A]this and [E]another man and woman come [B7]in
And the girl I'm with starts [A]cryin' and screamin' and [E]she runs over to [B7]them
Said thank [A]God you're here [E]he tried to hurt me [B7]mama
I said now [A]you don't mean the [E]cop says son the girl is [B7]seventeen
So that's why I'm in Knoxville [A]courthouse and the [E]judge passed sentence on [B7]me
And it's ten long years for [A]statutory rape in the [E]state penitentiary[B7]
Lord I can't bel[A]ieve[E] this is happened to [B7]me
So when next time you give a [A]girl the eye she [E]gives you that certain [B7]smile
Just remember under that [A]woman's breast may beat the [E]heart of a [B7]child
Don't you let [A]yourself be the one [E]to help a mixed up [B7]kids go wild
This story hap[A]pened a lot that's true
But you [E]better hope and pray it never hap[B7]pens to you

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