Chord Hank Williams Jr Knoxville Courthouse Versi 1

( A )I'm sittin' in the Knoxville ( G ) courthouse I ( D ) ain't got a thing to

do,( A ) I don't want to go to the ( G ) movies, I ( D ) couldn't if I wanted to

( A ) 'cause I'm on trial, ( G ) ( D ) for lovin' ( A ) you. Now this all started

in a ( G ) honky tonk ( D ) just the other side of town,( A ) a girl walks in

takes a ( G ) stool by me orders ( D ) gin and drinks it down ( A ) she lit up a

( G ) cigarette, ( D ) and sexily turned around ( A ) Well we danced for five or

ten ( G ) minutes, and then I ( D ) held her close to me ( A ) I kissed lips and

then I ( G ) squeezed her hips and I ( D ) judged about 23 ( A ) She whispered

( G ) in my ear, ( D ) I said yes sir-e ( A ) Now the scene is a little ( G ) motel

( D ) out on the state highway, ( A ) there in room ( G ) 12 a little ( D ) love is

about to take ( A ) place when a state trooper ( G ) breaks down the door ( D )

and shines a flashlight ( A ) in my face. ( F ) I said what the hell is ( G ) as

another ( D ) man and woman comes ( A ) in, and the girl I'm with starts ( G )

cryin' and screamin' as ( D ) she runs over to them ( A ) she said thank ( G )

God your here ( D ) he tried to hurt me ( A ) Mama, I said now ( G ) you don't

mean ( D ) the cop said son the girl is ( A ) 17. And that's why I'm in the

Knoxville ( G ) courthouse as the judge ( D ) passed the sentence on ( A ) me,

and it's 10 long years for ( G ) statutory rape in the ( D ) state penitentary,

( A ) Lord I can't beleive ( G ) ( D ) this is a happening to me ( A ) So the next

time you give a ( G ) girl the eye and she ( D ) gives you that certain little

( A ) smile, just remember under that ( G ) woman's breast ( D ) might be the

heart of a child ( A ) Don't let your ( G ) self be the one ( D ) that helps a

mixed up ( A ) kid go wild. The story happens alot ( G ) it's true but you ( D )

better hope it don't ever ( A ) happen to you. Dig it.