Johnny Cash 
25 Minutes To Go
(by Shel Silverstein)


Capo 1

 
	   G						       D
Well they're building a gallows, outside my cell, and I've got 25 minutes to go 
							    G
And the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell, I've got 24 minutes to go 
						      D
Well they gave me some beans for my last meal, with 23 minutes to go 
					     G
But nobody asked me how I feel, I've got 22 minutes to go  
					     		    D
Well I sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch, with 21 minutes to go 
							     G
And I called out the mayor but he's, out to lunch I got 20 more minutes to go 
						        D
Then the sheriff said boy I gonna watch you die, with 19 minutes to go 
						        G   E
So I laughed in his face and I, spit in his eye, with 18 minutes to go 

E						        B
Now hear comes the preacher for to save my soul, with 13 minutes to go 
						       E
And he's talking bout' burnin' but I'm so cold, 12 more minutes to go 
							   B
Well they're testin' the trap and it chills my spine, 11 more minutes to go 
						         E
And the trap and the rope aw they work just fine, 10 more minutes to go 
							     B
Well I'm waitin' on the pardon that'll set me free, with 9 more minutes to go 
						    E
But this ain’t the movies so forget about me, 8 more minutes to go 

						         B
With my feet on the trap and my head on the noose, 5 more minutes to go 
					      E
Won't somebody come and cut me loose, 7 more minutes to go 
						         B
I can see the mountains I can, see the skies, with 3 more minutes to go 
							    E
And it's to dern pretty for a man that don't wanna die, 2 more minutes to go 
						    B
I can see, the buzzards I can, hear the crows, 1 more minute to go 
			  
And now I'm swingin' and here I go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!