#------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Merle Haggard G C G I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am D But they won't let my secret go untold G C G I paid the debt I owed them,but they're still not satisfied D G Now I'm a branded man out un the cold G C G When they let me out of prison,I held my head up high D Determined I would rise above the shame G C G But no matter where I'm living,the black mark follows me D G I'm branded with a number on my name Repeat verse 1 G C G If I live to be a hundred,I guess I'll never clear my name D 'Cause everybody knows I've been in jail G C G No matter where I'm living,I've got to tell them where I've been D G Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail Repeat verse 1 D G Now I'm a branded man out un the cold Tom Lindsey San Francisco, CA