[Intro]
   
   
   
   

[Lead]
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[Verse 1]
            
Sylvie gonna b

/            
ring a little 

  
water
            
Baby's gonna c

              
ry until he's 


fed
             
And the fire's

           
 gonna burn do

          
wn to nothing
            
Poor folk gonn

              
a scrap for a 

         
piece of bread

[Instrumental 1]
     (4 times)

[Verse 2]
             
And the preach

           
er's gonna pre

             
ach from the B

/  
ible
            
Devil's gonna 

              
laugh at what 

   
he said
             
Gambler gonna 

           
lay down his l

           
ast gold dolla

 
r
            
Shadow's gonna

              
 creep from th

           
e farmer's she

d

[Chorus 1]
             
And the lawman

            
 / lawman / la

             
wman gonna kil

           
l my honey dea

d

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[Instrumental 2]
    
    
             
   

[Verse 3]
             
Now the ground

           
's gonna freez

              
e when fall is

    
 over
            
Fever gonna bu

              
rn in a big br

    
ass bed
             
  The big iron

           
 gonna rust / 

           
everything's d

       
ust to dust
            
Lawman gonna k

             
ill my honey d

ead

[Chorus 2]
             
Yeah, the lawm

     
an / lawman
            
Lawman gonna k

             
ill my honey d

ead

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[Coda]
     
     
                  
   

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