Intro: G verse 1 G No strangers in this town, nobody moves without making a sound Cadd9 You live and die within the borders and the lines G No one dies without paying their fines verse 2 G No lovers in this town, the moon's full but it sure ain't round Cadd9 And just because you lie in his bed G Don't mean he meant the things he saidverse 3 G My cousin died in his sleep, forty pills, two kids to keep Cadd9 And how will she explain to those kids G About the sorry thing daddy didCadd9 G They marry young in these parts, they work the factories Cadd9 I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods Em7 D G So no one would sing some bible song over meBridge Cadd9 G They buried him out in the cold, he was only twenty-four years old Cadd9 D G How his mother came undone, when the choir sang hallelujah Tag Cadd9 G I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods Cadd9 G I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods Outro Cadd9 G C G Hallelujah Hallelujah – ahh, Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah C G C Hallelujah hallelujah, HallelujahCadd9 G They marry young in these parts, they raise their kids and set them free Cadd9 I ran as fast as I could, through the tall grass and the midnight woods Em7 D G So no one would sing some bible song over me