Tuning: Standard Capo: No capo Intro: G G C G Well I'm branded, wherever I go G D D Tryna outrun a bad story everybody seems to know G C G Might as well be wearin' a ball and chain G D G Cos everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name G C G Spent some time in San Francisco, locked up for vagrancy G D D I busted out a time or two, took a run at gettin' free G C G They put me back in the jailhouse, I finished servin' my time G D G Turned me loose, and the man's set to dog me to the end of the line G C G But I'm branded, wherever I go G D D Tryna outrun a bad story everybody seems to know G C G Might as well be wearin' a ball and chain G D G Cos everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name G C G The trouble with the truth: it always comes around G D D It seems to be there waitin' for me, in every town G C G Well I'm guilty of the crime, of tryna get back home G D G Don't wanna bother nobody, just wanna be left alone G C G But I'm branded, wherever I go G D D Tryna outrun a bad story everybody seems to know G C G Might as well be wearin' a ball and chain G D G Cos everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name