Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 15:04:31 +0100
From: Peter Eybert
Subject: CRD: Prison Song by Graham Nash
Prison Song
written and performed by Graham Nash
from "Wild Tales", 1973
transcribed by Peter Eybert
(Capo 3)
Am
One day a friend took me aside
Dm
and said, "I have to leave you.
Am
For buying something from a friend
EmE7
They say I have done wrong.
Am
For protecting the name of a man
Dm7
they say I'll have to leave you.
AmEmDm7Am
So now I'm bidding you farewell for much too long.
AmDm7
And here's a song to sing for every man inside.
AmEmE7
If he can hear you sing it's an open door.
AmDm7
There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way
AmEmDm7Am
and buy the freedom, that's a high price for the poor.
Am(9) Dm7(6) Am(9) EmE7
Kids in Texas, smoking grass, ten year sentence, comes to pass.
Am(9) Dm7(6) Am(9) EmE7
Misdemeanor in Ann Arbor, ask the judges why?
Am
Another friend said to her kids
Dm
I'm gonna have to leave you
Am
For selling something to the man
EmE7
I guess I did wrong.
Am
And although I did the best I could
Dm7
I'm gonna have to leave you.
AmEmDm7Am
So now I'm kissing you farewell for much too long.
AmDm7
And here's a song to sing for every man inside.
AmEmE7
If he can hear you sing it's an open door.
AmDm7
There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way
AmEmDm7Am7
and buy the freedom, that's a high price for the poor.
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