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Prison Song

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[Capo 3]
[Intro]
|  Am|  Dm|  Am|  Em   E7|
|  Am|  Dm7|  Am   Em|  Dm7   Am|
[Verse]
One day a Amfriend took me aside
and said, "I have to Dmleave you.
For buying Amsomething from a friend
They say I have done Emwrong.E7  
For proAmtecting the name of a man
they say I'll have to Dm7leave you.
So now I'm Ambidding you fareEmwell for much too Dm7long.Am  
[Chorus]
And here's a Amsong to sing for every Dm7man inside.
If he can Amhear you sing it's an open Emdoor.E7  
There's not a Amrich man there who couldn't Dm7pay his way
and buy the Amfreedom, that's a Emhigh price for the Dm7poor.Am  
[Interlude]
Am(9)          Dm7(6)         Am(9)              Em       E7
Kids in Texas, smoking grass, ten year sentence, comes to pass.
Am(9)       Dm7(6)        Am(9)          Em       Dm7    Am
Misdemeanor in Ann Arbor, ask the judges why?
[Verse]
Another Amfriend said to her kids
I'm gonna have to Dmleave you
For selling Amsomething to the man
I guess I did Emwrong.E7  
And although I Amdid the best I could
I'm gonna have to Dm7leave you.
So now I'm Amkissing you fareEmwell for much too Dm7long.Am  
[Chorus]
And here's a Amsong to sing for every Dm7man inside.
If he can Amhear you sing it's an open Emdoor.E7  
There's not a Amrich man there who couldn't Dm7pay his way
and buy the Amfreedom, that's a Emhigh price for the Dm7poor.Am7  
[Outro]
|  Am|  Dm|  Am|  Em   E7|
|  Am|  Dm7|  Am   Em|  Dm7   Am|

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Prison Song

by Graham Nash

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

Am7

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[Capo 3]

[Intro]

Am Dm Am Em E7

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Am Dm7 Am Em Dm7 Am

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[Verse]

One day a friend took me aside

and said, "I have to leave you.

For buying something from a friend

Em E7

They say I have done wrong.

For protecting the name of a man

Dm7

they say I'll have to leave you.

Am Em Dm7 Am

So now I'm bidding you farewell for much too long.

[Chorus]

Am Dm7

And here's a song to sing for every man inside.

Am Em E7

If he can hear you sing it's an open door.

Am Dm7

There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way

Am Em Dm7 Am

and buy the freedom, that's a high price for the poor.

[Interlude]

Am(9) Dm7(6) Am(9) Em E7

Kids in Texas, smoking grass, ten year sentence, comes to pass.

Am(9) Dm7(6) Am(9) Em Dm7 Am

Misdemeanor in Ann Arbor, ask the judges why?

[Verse]

Another friend said to her kids

I'm gonna have to leave you

For selling something to the man

Em E7

I guess I did wrong.

And although I did the best I could

Dm7

I'm gonna have to leave you.

Am Em Dm7 Am

So now I'm kissing you farewell for much too long.

[Chorus]

Am Dm7

And here's a song to sing for every man inside.

Am Em E7

If he can hear you sing it's an open door.

Am Dm7

There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way

Am Em Dm7 Am7

and buy the freedom, that's a high price for the poor.

[Outro]

Am Dm Am Em E7

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Am Dm7 Am Em Dm7 Am

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