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 Orleans Parish Prison
 Use a capo on the first fret, or don't. Cash did both.
[Verse 1]
DWell, have you seen my dark-haired girl?
DShe was set on her love to a hungry world
DThey got her clothes and the money she took
DAnd they wrote her name in the prison book
[Chorus]
EOrleans Parish APrison won't you Gfree my dark-haired girl?
She's Etired and cold and you Agot the gold
She Gtook from a hungry world
EOrleans Parish APrison won't you Gfree my dark-haired Dgirl?
[Verse 2]
DWell, have you seen my green-eyed son?
DHe shot a man down with a sawed off gun
DAnd they found him down by the Pontchartrain
DWhere they cuffed his hands with a big iron chain
[Chorus]
EOrleans Parish APrison won't you Gfree my green-eyed son?
I Eheard him say as they Aled him away
Sorry Gfor what he's done
EOrleans Parish APrison won't you Gfree my green-eyed Dson?
[Verse 3]
DWell, have you missed my brother man?
DHe took a little money with a gun in his hand
DNow the kids are hungry and the wife ain't well
DAnd the daddy's locked up in a prison cell
[Chorus]
EOrleans Parish APrison won't you Gfree my brother man?
I Eknow it's sad but he Aain't bad
He's Gdoing the best he can
EOrleans Parish APrison won't you Gfree my brother Dman?
EOrleans Parish APrison i Gmiss my green-eyed son
I Elove my dark-haired Agirl
I Gneed my brother man
EOrleans Parish APrison i wish you'd Gfree them if you Dcan

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Orleans Parish Prison

by Johnny Cash

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Orleans Parish Prison

Use a capo on the first fret, or don't. Cash did both.

[Verse 1]

Well, have you seen my dark-haired girl?

She was set on her love to a hungry world

They got her clothes and the money she took

And they wrote her name in the prison book

[Chorus]

E A G

Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my dark-haired girl?

E A

She's tired and cold and you got the gold

She took from a hungry world

E A G D

Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my dark-haired girl?

[Verse 2]

Well, have you seen my green-eyed son?

He shot a man down with a sawed off gun

And they found him down by the Pontchartrain

Where they cuffed his hands with a big iron chain

[Chorus]

E A G

Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my green-eyed son?

E A

I heard him say as they led him away

Sorry for what he's done

E A G D

Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my green-eyed son?

[Verse 3]

Well, have you missed my brother man?

He took a little money with a gun in his hand

Now the kids are hungry and the wife ain't well

And the daddy's locked up in a prison cell

[Chorus]

E A G

Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my brother man?

E A

I know it's sad but he ain't bad

He's doing the best he can

E A G D

Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my brother man?

E A G

Orleans Parish Prison i miss my green-eyed son

E A

I love my dark-haired girl

I need my brother man

E A G D

Orleans Parish Prison i wish you'd free them if you can

About Orleans Parish Prison Chords by Johnny Cash

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