[Chorus]
A G
I killed a man in the river
D
Yeah, I watched the current
G D A
Carry him away
A G
Yeah, I killed a man down in the river
D G D A
Yeah, I had to take a life to keep one out the grave
[Interlude]
A G D
A G D
[Verse 1]
A
He was friends with the devil
A
Wasn't worth a dang
G
Tried to drown me in the bottle
D
Tried to choke me on smoke
A
He was hurtin' my mama
A
Had my old man
G D
Prayin' like a preacher at the end of his rope
[Prechorus]
G
It was justified
G
It was self-defense
G
It was do-or-die
G
It was me or him
[Chorus]
A G
So I killed a man in the river
D
Yeah, I watched the current
G D A
Carry him away
A G
Yeah, I killed a man down in the river
D G D A
Yeah, I had to take a life to keep one out the grave
[Verse 2]
A
Didn't pull no knife
G
Didn't fire no gun
D G D
Just held him under long enough to put him down
A G
Nobody's gonna miss that prodigal son
D G D
He's probably halfway down the Mississippi by now
[Prechorus]
G
Went from guilty in sin
G
To covered in blood
G
Now who I am ain't who I was
[Chorus]
A G
I killed a man in the river
D
Yeah, I watched the current
G D A
Carry him away
A G
Yeah, I killed a man down in the river
D G D A
Yeah, I had to take a life to keep one out the grave
[Bridge]
G D A
Wipin' muddy water out of my eyes
G D A
And that's the day that I saw the light
G D A
'Bout six feet out in the Buffalo
G D
Was my Damascus Road
[Chorus]
A G
So I killed a man in the river
D
Yeah, I watched the current
G D A
Carry him away
A G
Yeah, I killed a man down in the river
D G D A
Yeah, I had to take a life to keep one out the grave
[Tag]
D
Oh, sometimes you gotta take a life
G D A
To keep one out the grave
[Instrumental]
A G D
A G D
A
[Outro]
G D
I killed a man, I killed a man
A G D A G D
I killed a man (ohh-ohh)
A
He was friends with the devil
A
Wasn't worth a dang
G
Tried to drown me in the bottle
D
Tried to choke me on smoke
I killed a man
In the river
Yeah, I watched the current carry him away
Yeah, I killed a man
Down in the river
Yeah, I had to take a life
To keep one out the grave
He was friends with the devil
Wadn't worth a dang
Tried to drown me in a bottle
Tried to choke me on smoke
He was hurtin' my momma
Had my ol' man prayin' like a preacher at the end of his rope
It was justified
It was self-defense
It was do or die
It was me and him
So I
Killed a man
In the river
Yeah, I watched the current carry him away
Yeah, I killed a man
Down in the river
Yeah, I had to take a life
To keep one out the grave
Didn't pull no knife, didn't fire no gun
Just held him under long enough to put him down
Nobody's gonna miss that prodigal son
He's probably halfway down the Mississippi by now
Went from guilty as sin to covered in blood
Now who I am ain't who I was
(Cause)
I killed a man
In the river
Yeah, I watched the current carry him away
Yeah, I killed a man
Down in the river
Yeah, I had to take a life
To keep one out the grave
Wipin' muddy water outta my eyes
That's the day that I saw the light
'Bout six feet out in the Buffalo
Was my Damascus road
So I killed a man
In the river
Yeah, I watched the current carry him away
Yeah, I killed a man
Down in the river
Yeah, I had to take a life
To keep one out the grave
(Ohh)
Oh, sometimes
You gotta
Take a life
To keep one out the grave
I killed a man
I killed a man
I killed a man
He was friends with the devil
Wadn't worth a dang
Tried to drown me in a bottle
Tried to choke me on smoke
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