Key: Cm Chords: Cm, Fm, Gm, Ab (If you play with a capo on the 3rd fret, the chords are Am, Dm, Em, and F respectively) Cm Oh, let me tell my story friend Fm Gm Cm That you might learn to stay away from sin Cm I took a life not mine to take Fm Gm Cm Imprisoned for this haunting dread mistake My heart was harder than my soul They sentenced me to life without parole Where no one cares, were all the same And I must wear this number for my name Chorus Ab Cm Now life to me is black and white Fm Gm Cm Ill wear these stripes until the day I die Ab Cm But this ball and chain around my leg Fm Wont drag me down, wont drag me down Gm Cm When I am dead My mother prayed so hard for me She did her time down on bended knees But I was young and I had no fear Her pleading voice still echoes in my ear Dont let the beauty blind your eyes This world is filled with discolored lies For greener fields dont sell your soul Youll think youre rich with a pocket of fools gold Chorus Id rather be in this dark cell Than to be free and die and go to hell God bless the day of my new birth I dont have to pay the price that I deserve Chorus Ending: Ab Cm And when Im dead and take my flight Fm Gm Cm Ill leave behind this world of black and white