Tom: C Riff: E|--0--x--0--0--x--000--x--- B|--1--x--1--1--x--111--x--- G|--2--x--2--2--x--222--x--- D|--2--x--2--2--x--222--x--- A|--0--x--0--0--x--000--x--- E|------x----------x---------x--- Intro: (Am G F Am) Am I went down G To the house of the crosses F I saw my momma Am Fall on her knees Am Well she told me G This man's your father F He killed two people Am And raped me (Am G F Am) She took her trumpet She held it in her hand She yelled out: "He's a evil man" She said to me "I don't know how people could be, I don't know how people could be so evil", she said to me (Am G F Am) Now I work In the house of the crosses I watch that evil, that evil man every day I'm a guard In the house of the crosses I watch that man, every day (Am G F Am) Every day, I run to the river, I try to wash, Wash away my pain, Every day, I run to the river I try to wash, Wash away my pain Wash away...