The Wall Chords & Lyrics - Jim Croce

[VERSE 1]
[C]Well, there's lots of strange men in cell-block ten,
but the strangest of them [G]all
was a [F]pal of mine who would [C]spend his time
just [Am]staring at the w[C]all, [F]staring at the w[C]all.

[VERSE 2]
[C]In his hand was a note that his gal had wrote,
which proves that crime don't p[G]ay
the [F]very same gal that h'd [C]robbed and stole for,
[Am]naming her wedding [C]day, [F]naming her wedding[C] day.

[CHORUS]
As he [F]looked at the wall so [C]strong and tall,
I [F]heard him softly [C]curse, "n[F]obody at all
has ever [C]made that wall, but[Am] I'm gonna be the [C]first,
[F]I'm gonna be the [C]first."

[VERSE 3]
[C]Well the Warden walked by, said "Son don't try,
cause I'd hate to see you [G]fall
cause there[F] ain't no doubt we're gonna [C]carry you out
if you[Am] ever touch that [C]wall, if you [F]ever touch that [C]wall."

[VERSE 4]
[C]But a year has gone by since he made his try;
I can still recal[G]l
how[F] hard he tried and the [C]way he died,
but he [Am]never topped the [C]wall, he [F]never topped the [C]wall.

[CHORUS]
[F]Many a man who has s[C]hook this can,
and [F]I know a man who[C] tried.
The [F]newspapers called it a [C]jailbreak plan,
but [Am]I know it was suic[C]ide; [F]I know that it was sui[C]cide.

(Song goes to "Cotton Mouth River")

[VERSE 1]
Well I [C]know that I shouldn't have[Am] done it
I [F]know it j[G]ust wasn't [C]right
Cause they got me backed up to the [G]Cottonmouth [Am]river
and I [F]can't cross [G]late at [C]night.

[CHORUS]
Yeah, there's [G]lots of stories told about the[C] Cottonmouth river,
[F] they tell them time and [G]again,
about the [C]men who tried to cross that[G] river by[Am] moonlight
[F] never were [G]heard from a[C]gain.

[VERSE 2]
Well [C]if I had my life to live [Am]over,
I'd'v[F]e gone to [G]work that [C]day
instead of going into town and s[G]hooting him [Am]down
for a t[F]hing I never [G]heard him [C]say.

[CHORUS]
Yeah, there's [G]lots of stories told about the [C]Cottonmouth river,
[F]they tell them time and [G]again,
about the [C]men who tried to cross that [G]river by [Am]moonlight
[F]never were [G]heard from [C]again.

[VERSE 3]
Well, [C]I'd just made it through the [Am]canebreak
and [F]got one f[G]oot in the [C]mud.
I can hear the hounds a-bayin' but the [G]snake around my [Am]ankle's
telling [F]me my running d[G]ays are [C]done.

[CHORUS]
Yeah, there's [G]lots of stories told about the [C]Cottonmouth river,
[F]they tell them time and [G]again,
about the [C]men who tried to cross that r[G]iver by m[Am]oonlight
[F]never were [G]heard from [C]again.

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