Capo: 3rd fret
Verse
[Am]
I didn't mean to end his life
[Am]
I know it wasn't right
[Em]
I cant even sleep at night
[Em]
Cant get it off my mind
[Am]
I need to get out of sight
[Em]
Before I end up behind bars
[Am]
What started out as a simple altercation
[Em]
Turned into a real sticky situation
[Am]
Me just thinking on the time that im facing
[Am] [Em]
Makes me wanna cry
Pre-Chorus
[Am] [G]
Cause I didn't mean to hurt him
[Em] [Am]
Coulda been somebodies son
[Am] [G]
And I took his heart when
[Em] [Am]
I pulled out that gun
[Am] [Em]
Rum bum bum bum rum bum bum bum rum bum bum bum
[Am]
Man Down
[Am] [Em]
Rum bum bum bum rum bum bum bum rum bum bum bum
[Am]
Man Down
Chorus
[Am] [Am]
Oh mama mama mama
[G]
I just shot a man down
[Am]
In central station
[Em]
In front of a big ol crowd
[Am] [Em]
Oh Why Oh Why
[Am] [Am]
Oh mama mama mama
[G]
I just shot a man down
[Am]
In central station
Verse
[Am]
It's a 22
[Am]
I call her Peggy Sue
[Em]
When she fits, right down in my shoes
[Em]
What you expect me to
[Am]
Do if you are play-ing me for a fool
[Am]
I will lose my cool
[G]
And reach for my firearm
[Am]
I didn't mean to lay him down
[Em]
But it’s too late to turn back now
[Am]
Don’t know what I was thinking
[Am]
Now he’s no longer living
[Em]
So I’m about to leave town
Pre-Chorus
[Am] [G]
Cause I didn't mean to hurt him
[Em] [Am]
Coulda been somebodies son
[Am] [G]
And I took his heart when
[Em] [Am]
I pulled out that gun
[Am] [Em]
Rum bum bum bum rum bum bum bum rum bum bum bum
[Am]
Man Down
[Am] [Em]
Rum bum bum bum rum bum bum bum rum bum bum bum
Chorus
[Am] [Am]
Oh mama mama mama
[G]
I just shot a man down
[Am]
In central station
[Em]
In front of a big ol crowd
[Am] [Em]
Oh Why Oh Why
[Am] [Am]
Oh mama mama mama
[G]
I just shot a man down
[Am]
In central station
Bridge
[Am]
Look I never thought i'd do it
Never thought i'd do it
[Am]
Never thought i'd do it
Oh gosh
[Am]
What ever happened to me
Ever happened to me
[Am]
Ever happened to me
[Am]
Why did I pull the trigger pull the trigger pull the trigger BOOM
[Am]
And end an and an, life so soon
[Am]
When mi pull the trigger pull the trigger pull it pon you
[Em] [Em]
Somebody tell me what im gonna what im gonna do
[Am] [Am] [Em]
Rum bum bum bum rum bum bum bum rum bum bum bum
Mi say wah man down ( A weh mi say)
[Am] [Am] [Em]
Rum bum bum bum rum bum bum bumm rum bum bum bum
When mi went downtown
[Am]
Cause now imma criminal criminal criminal
[Em]
Oh lord have mercy now I am a criminal
[Am]
Man Down, tell the judge please gimme minimal
[Am]
Run out a town none of them can see me now
Chorus
[Am] [Am]
Oh mama mama mama
[G]
I just shot a man down
[Am]
In central station
[Em]
In front of a big ol crowd
[Am] [Em]
Oh Why Oh Why
[Am] [Am]
Oh mama mama mama
[G]
I just shot a man down
[Am]
In central station
