{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2118741,"song":"Mr Lincoln","artist":"Hank Williams Jr.","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11459979-mr-lincoln-chords-by-hank-williams-jr/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2118741?type=chord","rating":4.91151,"votes":22,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMr. Lincoln I wish you were here[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe Republic's changed a lot in a hundred years[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't think it's workin' like you planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOh, Mr. Lincoln, we could use a hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI just read the headlines in The Nashville News[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish I'd made this up but I'm afraid it's true[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause a man was murdered for his money in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe was takin' his wife to a nice place to eat[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they caught the man he did 23 months of time[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe pled insanity like they do now all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSir, what would you have done in 1859?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow if you shoot someone, sir, you can get off scott-free[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIt's the latest thing, Mr. Lincoln, can you believe?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow they sue the manufacturers of the guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAin't the law changed a lot since 1861?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMr. Lincoln I wish you were here[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n'Cause things have changed a lot in a hundred years[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't think it's workin' out like you planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHey, Mr. Lincoln, we sure could use a hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI just heard the news story on the radio[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThey let dangerous men out of prisons now, yes sir I'm afraid it's so[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause they're overcrowded, and it was only his fifth offense[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYeah, and this time he's killed someone does that make any sense?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow, my lawyer called me about a nuisance case[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Cause everybody sues over any little thing these days[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, at least we're right, all we gotta do is tell the truth[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"You're living in the past, you romantic fool\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said, \"You've got that right, I lean toward the older ways[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd there's damn few backwoods lawyers left today\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMr. Lincoln I wish you were here[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe Republic's changed a lot in a hundred years[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't think it's workin' like you planned[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHey, Mr. Lincoln, we sure could use a hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMr. Lincoln, please, could you come here?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n'Cause things have changed a lot in a hundred years[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't think it's workin' out like you planned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nMr. Lincoln, we sure could use a hand[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA   E   D\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 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