25 Minutes To Go Tab par Johnny Cash

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Well they're building a gallows outside my cell and I've got 
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25 minutes to go 

And the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell I've got 24
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minutes to go

Well they gave me some beans for my last meal with 23 minutes
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to go
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But nobody asked me how I feel I've got 22 minutes to go

Well I sent for the governor and the whole darn bunch with 21 
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minutes to go

And I called up the mayor but he's out to lunch I've got 20 
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more minutes to go

Then the sheriff said BOY I'm gonna watch you die with 19 
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minutes to go

So I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye with 18 minutes 
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to go
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Now hear comes the preacher for to save my soul with 13 
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minutes to go

And he's talking bout' burnin' but I'm so cold 12 more minutes
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to go

Now they're testin' the trap and it chills my spine 11 more 
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minutes to go

And the trap and the rope aw they work just fine 10 more 
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minutes to go

Well I'm waitin' for the pardon that'll set me free with 9 
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more minutes to go

But this AINT THE MOVIES so forget about me 8 more minutes to 
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go
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With my feet on the trap and my head on the noose 5 more 
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minutes to go
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Won't somebody come and cut me loose with 4 more minutes to go

I can see the mountains I can see the skies with 3 more 
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minutes to go

And it's too darn pretty for a man to want to die 2 more 
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minutes to go
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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!