My Main Trial Is Yet To Come

Hank Williams

Written by Pee Wee King and J.L. Franks

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C             F            C
Sitting alone in my prison cell
F            C       G7
Watching the setting sun
   C              F       C
My trial on earth is over now
                         G7 C
But my main trial is yet to come

Verse 2

   F                           C
My main trial is yet to come O Lord
    F            C      G7
I'm sentenced to die at dawn
    C              F            C
But after I die in the electric chair
                     G7 C
My main trial is yet to come

Verse 3

                       F            C
The judge will give me the electric chair
F              C     G7
But that won't worry me
     C                     F     C
It's what will the verdict be to come
                      G7 C
When I face the judge of eternity

Verse 4

   F                           C
Oh mother I'm leaving you here alone
     F              C      G7
I've disgraced your name I know
     C              F          C
This trial on earth was for my soul
                         G7 C
But my main trial is yet to come

Verse 2

   F                           C
My main trial is yet to come O Lord
    F            C      G7
I'm sentenced to die at dawn
    C              F            C
But after I die in the electric chair
                     G7 C
My main trial is yet to come