Sting - Crooked tree

^DmAll rise for ^Gmthe Honorable Judge Burrell^{A# A Dm}This court is called to^Gm order, ^A#These charges are serious ^{A Dm}Stand up and face the bencc^Gmh, How ^A#do you plead, Sir? How do you ^Aplead?

^DmGuilty as charged,^Gmthe Judge decreed, ^A#stand up and face the ^Abench ^DmI have some words ^Gmto say to you befor^A#e we recommence ^{A Dm}A list of crimes this ^Gmserious, I s^A#wear I have not seen ^{A Dm}In all the years that ^GmI have serve^A#d Her Majesty ^Amthe Qu^Aeen

^DmArson, murder, ^Gmblackmail, g^A#rand larceny and theft^{A Dm}Drug dealing, human t^Gmrafficking, ^A#I ask the court, w^Ahats left? ^DmAre there words of ^Gmmitigation, ^A#before I pass the sent^Aence? ^DmAnything that you can ^Gmtell the c^A#ourt to ^Aadd to your ^Dmdefense

^A#I faced the court, ^Athought long and hard, ^Gmbefore I gave ^Freply T^Emhere's something that you need t^A#o hear, from ^Ame before I die ^{A Dm}The circumstances of m^Gmy birth were s^A#omething short of^A bliss ^DmI have this from my ^Gmmother, it was t^A#old to me like thi^As

^DmThe day that I was ^Gmborn, she said, ^A#The Good Lord woke from sl^Aumber ^DmLooking around his ^Gmtimber yard, He ^A#found He had no ^Alumber ^DmApart from some old^Gm twisted branch, ^A#in shadows left to ^Alurk ^HmHe pulled it out ^Hminto the light and ^A#set about his w^Aorks

^DmShe told me that the ^Gmworld should not^A# expect too much of ^Ame ^DmWhen the Good Lord ca^Gmrved my crooked ^A#soul, out of a ^Acrooked ^Dmtree ^DmWhen the Good Lord ca^Gmrved my crooked ^A#soul, out of a ^Acrooked ^Dmtree

S^A#tand up and face the b^Aench I^Gm've heard all you've got to s^Fay That there^Hm7 look on your face says you're ^Gm7guilty And ^A#now it's your judgment ^Aday

^DmI'm not asking for ^Gmforgiveness, I'm no^A#t proud of what I've d^Aone ^DmI did the things I ^Gmhad to do, like any^A# other mothers son ^{A Dm}None of us are perf^Gmect, so r^A#emember what you ^Asee ^DmWhen the Good Lord ca^Gmrved my crooked ^A#soul, out of a ^Acrooked ^Dmtree ^DmWhen the Good Lord ca^Gmrved my crooked ^A#soul, out of a ^Acrooked ^Dmtree