| Cm | |
| I didn't | mean to end his life |
| I know it wasn't right |
| Bb | |
| I can't | even sleep at night |
| Can't get it off my mind |
| Cm | |
| I need | to get out of sight |
| Bb | |
| Before I end up beh | ind bars |
| Cm | |
| What started | out as a simple altercation |
| Bb | |
| Turned int | o a real sticky situation |
| Ab | |
| Me just | thinking on the time I'm facing |
| Bb | |
| Makes me | wanna cry |
| Cm | Bb | |
| Cause I didn't mean to | hurt him |
| Ab | |
| Could been somebody's s | on |
| Bb | |
| And I took his | heart when |
| Cm | |
| I pulled out that g | un |
| Bb | |
| Rum pa pa bum, Rum pa pa bum, Oh, | Rum pa pa |
| Ab | |
| Man | Down |
| Bb | |
| Rum pa pa bum, Rum pa pa bum, Oh, | Rum pa pa |
| Cm | |
| Man | Down, Oh mama, mama |
| Bb | |
| I just | shot a man down |
| Ab | |
| In central | station |
| Bb | |
| In front of a | big ol crowd |
| Cm | Bb | |
| Oh | Why. Oh | Why |
| Ab | |
| Oh | mama mama mama |
| Bb | |
| I just | shot a man down |
| Cm | |
| It's a 22, I Call her Peggy Sue |
| Bb | |
| When she fits | right down in my shoes |
| What do you expect me to |
| Cm | |
| If you're | playing me for a fool |
| I will lose my cool |
| Bb | |
| And reach for my | fire arm |
| Cm | |
| I didn't mean to | lay him down |
| Bb | |
| But its too late to | turn back now |
| Ab | |
| Don't | know what I was thinking |
| Now hes no longer living |
| Bb | |
| So | I'm about to leave town |
| Cm | Bb | |
| Cause I didn't mean to | hurt him |
| Ab | |
| Could been somebody's s | on |
| Bb | |
| And I took his | heart when |
| Cm | |
| I pulled out that g | un |
| Bb | |
| Rum pa pa bum, Rum pa pa bum, Oh, R | um pa pa |
| Ab | |
| Man | Down |
| Bb | |
| Rum pa pa bum, Rum pa pa bum, Oh, R | um pa pa |
| Cm | |
| Man | Down, mama, mama |
| Bb | |
| I just | shot a man down |
| Ab | |
| In central | station |
| Bb | |
| In front of a | big ol crowd |
| Cm | Bb | |
| Oh | Why. Oh | Why |
| Ab | |
| Oh | mama mama mama |
| Bb | |
| I just | shot a man down, Hey |
| I never thought do it, never thought do it, never thought do it |
| What ever happened to me, ever happened to me, ever happened to me |
| Cm | |
| Why did I | pull the trigger, pull the trigger, pull the trigger BOOM |
| Bb | |
| And | then the nigga, send the nigga back so soon |
| Cm | |
| When I | pull the trigger, pull the trigger, pull it upon you |
| Bb | |
| Somebody tell me what I'm gonna, what I'm gonna do |
| Cm | Bb | |
| Rum pa pa bum, Rum pa pa bum, | - Rum pa pa bum |
| Ab | |
| Man | Down |
| Bb | |
| Rum pa pa bum, Rum pa pa bum, | Rum pa pa bum |
| Cm | |
| Man | Down, mama, mama |
| Bb | |
| I just | shot a man down |
| Ab | |
| Mama |
| Bb | |
| In central | .... |
| Cm | Bb | |
| Oh | Why, Oh | Why |
| Ab | |
| Mama Mama |
| Bb | |
| I just shot a | man down |