{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":70491,"song":"Branded Man","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/70491-branded-man-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/70491?type=chord","rating":4.80317,"votes":334,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they won't let my secret go untold[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm a branded man out in the cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen they let me out of prison, I held my head up high[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDetermined I would rise above the shame[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut no matter where I'm living, the black mark follows me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm branded with a number on my name[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they won't let my secret go untold[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm a branded man out in the cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf I live to be a hundred,I guess I'll never clear my name[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause everybody knows I've been in jail[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo matter where I'm living, I've got to tell them where I've been[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr they'll send me back to prison if I fail[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut they won't let my secret go untold[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm a branded man out in the cold[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm a branded man out in the cold[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}