PARDON ME
(Spooner Oldham / Donnie Fritts)


Billy Swan - 1977


Will you welcome me if my key still fits
Or have I left you lonely too long
Guilty in the first degree, Law says I'm free
I did my time and now I'm goin' home

Won't you pardon me, pardon me
You're as guilty as me
Pardon me, please pardon me
I'm forgivin' you, so please pardon me

Are you a prisoner of a guilty heart
Maybe I can unlock the chains and set you free
Shamed in the third degree, it ain't no felony
I'm forgivin' you, so won't you pardon me

Pardon me, pardon me
You're as guilty as me
Pardon me, won't you pardon me
I'm forgivin' you, I'm forgivin' you, 
I'm forgivin' you, so please pardon me

(instrumental)

Pardon me

Pardon me

Won't you pardon me

I'm forgivin' you



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2020)