Tonalidad: G major•
Intro 1
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D
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Verse 1
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Jackknife living
D
out in the fields
G
Buried there at the foot of
D
the Virginia hills
He's better off he's standing still
G
Oh there was a time
C
Done some chores back in the day
D
G
D
Cut some rope and whittled away
He killed a man, he's a shame to see
G
Now he's cryin' in the fields
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I don't want to kill nobody
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I don't want to kill nobody
D
I don't want to feel like jackknife anymore.
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C
When young Charles Consett
was called to war,
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he bought some beads in a Bible store.
D
He wasn't sure what he was praying for,
G
he was praying anyway.
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And the en emy was a young boy,
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shivering scared out in the cold.
D
Charles raised his gun and let it fold,
G
and the boy just ran away.
C
D
I don't want to kill nobody.
G
I don't want to kill nobody.
A
D
I don't want to feel like jackknife anymore
G
C
The colonel sat in a
straight -backed chair
G
and Charles, Ma, and Pa were there
D
The sentence was what they feared
G
Let the muskets fire away."
C
His mama cried,
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his dad clenched his teeth
when they asked Charles
if he wanted to speak.
D
He fumbled with his beads
and rose from his seat
G
and said he was sorry
he brought shame to his
family and his country
by going over the hill.
C
G
13 offices of the 123rd Illinois,
including a regimental
and company commander,
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petitioned the highest office
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that Charles Sendspeak commuted.
C
And on September 24, 1864,
President Lincoln,
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in response to what they were asking for,
D
gave the order to open the stockade door
G
and let Charles go free.
C
I don't want to kill nobody
G
I don't want to kill nobody
D
I don't want to feel like
G
Jack Knife anymore
C
Jackknife livin' out in the fields
G
Buried there at the foot
of the Virginia hills
D
He's better off, he's standin' still
G
So there was a time
C
He done his chores back in the day
D
G
Cut some rope and whittled away
D
And he killed a man,
he's a shame to say
G
He's cryin' in the fields
C
I don't wanna kill nobody
G
I don't wanna kill nobody
D
I don't wanna feel like
G
Jack Knapp anymore
G
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