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[A]Mama never [G]understood 
what it's  [D]like 
for a losin [A]man
[A]when her number one 
[G]son goes bad 
playing [D]cards with 
the devils [A]hand
[A]Boy Daddy got real 
[G]sick so quick 
four [D]walls never under[A]stand
[A]I was the one who got 
[G]good with the gun 
took the [D]money from the 
rich mans [A]land

Gimme some [A]water [G] 
cuz I [D]shot a man 
on the [A]mexican border
[A]cool cool [G]water[D]
gimme some [A]water[G][D][A]
I need a little [A]water[G][D][A]

[A]Jimmy grew [G]up so fast 
then he [D]met me at the 
pass one [A]day
Said you a [A]wanted man 
take your [G]brothers hand 
I'll be [D]running 
with you [A]anyway
so [A]we rode late 
[G]into the night 
lightin [D]fires 
on the desert [A]sand
[A]till one day 
the [G]posse caught us 
cause the [D]sherrif always 
gets his [A]man

Gimme some [A]water[G] 
cuz I [D]killed man 
on the [A]mexican border
[A]cool cool water 
I need a little water

Oh [D]geez if I could [G]just 
get [D]loose my [A]hands
Id [D]run just as 
[G]fast as my [D]legs [C]can
but [D]lord I [G]got 
no [D]room to [A]run
[D]shouldnt have done 
what I [G]did with [D]that 
there [A]gun

[D]I h[G]ate [D]it [A]

Gimme some wa[A]ter 
[G]cause I [D]killed a man 
on the mexican [A]border
[A]cool cool [G]water[D]

cant you [A] see 
that [G]long white rope 
[D]hanging from the 
hangmans [A]tree
take a [A]restless horse 
tie my [G]hands of course 
tell my [D]mother 
that I'm finally [A]free
let me [A]die like a man 
no one [G]understands 
let me [D]pray 
let a poor man [A]pray
smack that [A]horse in the ass 
with my [A]last dying gasp 
my brother could hear me say

Gimme some [A]water[G] 
cuz I [D]shot a man 
on the [A]mexican border
[A]cool cool [G]water[D]  
gimme some [A]water
Gimme some [A]water[G] 
cuz I [D]shot a man 
on the [A]mexican border
[A]cool cool [G]water[D]  
gimme some [A]water
Gimme some [A]water[G] 
cuz I [D]shot a man 
on the [A]mexican border
[A]cool cool [G]water[D]  
gimme some [A]water
Gimme some [A]water[G] 
cuz I [D]killed a man 
on the [A]mexican border
[A]cool sweet [G]water[D]  
gimme some [A]water

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