Tom: C C I know you'll excuse me if I say goodnight F C G7 I've got a promise to fulfill Am C Thank you for listening to my troubles F C Pardon me I've got someone to kill I warned him not to try and take her from me F C G7 He laughed and said if I can I will you know I will Am C So tonight when they get home I'll be waiting F C Pardon me I've got someone to kill G7 C I know I'll surely die for what I'm about to do F C G7 But it don't matter I'm a dead man anyhow Am C This gun will buy back the pride they took from me F C G7 And also end this life of mine that's worthless now C By the time you tell the sheriff it'll all be over F C G7 He'll find me at their big house on the hill Am C He'll find a note explaining why I killed us all F C Now it's time to go I've got someone to kill