Intro:
Am                Dm
Pretend you never met me
F                      E
You were hers for all along
Am                                Dm
Pretend your eyes don't come back wandering to me
F                           E
And you don't listen for my songs

Verse 1:
Am                             Dm
I don't want to die from being shot by a gun
           F                                  E
But all my red-hat tweaker neighbors have the right to carry one
Am                               Dm
No, I want to die in the arms of Thia Kane from Sutton farms
F
Her daddy says I'm trailer trash
E
I'll pay to have him shot in glass

Chorus:
Am               Dm
Oh I, I'll never lie
F                                            E
I'll never steal, or cheat, or gamble, drink or die
           Am                                   Dm
I've never breathed a thing that got me so damn high
               F
I'll close the door in old death's face
         E            Am
Oh Thia, be my Georgia bride

Verse 2:
Am
Oh Thia please, won't you be true
Dm
Like in my dreams you say you'll do
F
I'll steal a horse, I'll learn to ride
E
We'll leave here by tomorrow night
Am
Who's that girl you're gon' to see
Dm
What do you mean you're scared of me
F
I promise that my love is true
E
My heart it beats just for you

Chorus:
Am               Dm
Oh I, I'll never lie
F                                            E
I'll never steal, or cheat, or gamble, drink or die
           Am                                   Dm
I've never breathed a thing that got me so damn high
               F
I'll close the door in old death's face
         E            Am
Oh Thia, be my Georgia bride

Interlude: Dm F E Am

Bridge:
C
If you should ever leave me
       E
Lay me down by silver waters
C
Oh beloved, don't deceive me
        E
I'll be dead before a martyr

Chorus:
Am               Dm
Oh I, I'll never lie
F                                            E
I'll never steal, or cheat, or gamble, drink or die
           Am                                   Dm
I've never breathed a thing that got me so damn high
               F
I'll close the door in old death's face
         E            Am
Oh Thia, be my Georgia bride

Chorus:
Am               Dm
Oh I, I'll never lie
F                                            E
I'll never steal, or cheat, or gamble, drink or die
           Am                                   Dm
I've never breathed a thing that got me so damn high
               F
I'll close the door in old death's face
         E            Am
Oh Thia, be my Georgia bride

Outro:
        E            Am
Oh Thia, be my Georgia bride
        E            Am
Oh Thia, be my Georgia bride
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