Merle And Me chords

[G] [D] [A] [G] [D] (X2)

[G]Back in 1953[D]
We stole a car old Merle And[A] Me
Never thinking we'd [G]be put in jail. [D] [G]
You might say that we were green [D]
I was barely seventeen [A]
When they put those[G] bars between o[D]ld Merle And Me.

[G]Late one night we hit the wall [D]
Twenty feet we had to fall[A]
To the ground where we co[G]uld craw into the weeds.[D]
[G]Waiting for that shotgun blast [D]
Never thinking we could last [A]
We sure had to [G]grow up fast, old Merle[D] And Me.

[CHORUS]
[G]We were young and crazy then [D]
It was easy to pretend [A]
Acting like we'[G]d never been in reform sc[D]hool.
[G]Looking danger in the eye [D]
Walking with our heads held high [A]
We were not a[G]fraid to die, old[D] Merle And Me.

[G] [D] [A] [G] [D]

[G]We were living by the gun [D]
Never caring what wed done [A]
Swearing it was all just fun[G] and gam[D]es you know.
[G]We would die and go to hell[D]
Before we broke our vow to tell [A]

How we escaped th[G]at prison cell, old Mer[D]le And Me.

[G]How was Merle or Me to know [D]
We would end up on death row [A]
Waiting for our [G]turn in the electric c[D]hair.
[G]Shot down in a grocery store [D]
We got busted at the door [A]
Praying wasn't [G]easy for, old Merle [D]And Me.

[CHORUS]
[G]We were young and crazy then [D]
It was easy to pretend [A]
Acting like we'[G]d never been in reform sc[D]hool.
[G]Looking danger in the eye [D]
Walking with our heads held high [A]
We were not a[G]fraid to die, old[D] Merle And Me.

[G] [D] [A] [G] [D] (X2)