{"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":2312665,"song":"Hells Half Acre","artist":"Mark David Manders","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11482596-hells-half-acre-chords-by-mark-david-manders/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2312665?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI come from Birmingham, by way of Lousianne,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\ninto this no man's land where life and death are intertwined.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMe and my brother Les, heard about this land out west,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo we put our horses to the test, to see what we could find.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(on the last Em of every verse play the intro riff twice, then continue.)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWe'd been out a bout six weeks, and set up camp along side this creek,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was young and he was green, but I tried to look after him.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTwo brothers bedded down that night only one would see the morning light,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWaylaid by a lawless man and left alone to die.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow it all seems like a dream I awoke to the sounds of my brother's screams,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen I felt that awful pain as the bullet crashed into my side.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm not sure how far I ran, I never saw my brother again,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nbut the image of that man is burned into my mind.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow it's, Fort Worth June 21st, Hell's Half Acre with its streets of dirt,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLies before me like a dirty shirt, and I wait patiently.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA horse in the stable begins to whine, as the rider approaches the church bells chime,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow its just a matter of time, and I got plenty.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe never saw what spooked his mare, but when he hit the ground I was standing there,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe drew his pistol but I did'nt care, I just laughed.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe looked in my eyes and knew I was the one, only this time I did'nt run.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI walked away and my job was done, but he knows, that I'll be back.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMmmmmmm, Hmmmmmmm, Hmmmmmmmm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow guilt is a devil in layman's clothes when a man's mind wanders unopposed,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt conjures up many ghosts, that will haunt his dreams.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAfter weeks without sleep in a cheap hotel he finds the only way out of this hell,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIs to pull his pistol on himself and now we'll both rest in peace.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n(on the last Em of every verse play the intro riff twice, then continue.)","chords":["C","G","D","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}