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Branded Man chords by Merle Haggard (Official Version)

  • G

  • G7

  • C

  • D7

  • A7

Intro 1
G
G
G7
G7
Chorus 1
G
G7
I'd like to hold my head up
C
G
and be proud of who I am
D7
A7
D7
But they won't let my secret go untold
G
G7
I paid the debt I owed them,
C
G
but they're still not satisfied
D7
G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold

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Verse 1
G
G7
When they let me out of prison
C
G
I held my head up high
Determined I would rise
D7
A7
D7
above the shame
G
G7
But no matter where I travel
C
G
the black mark follows me
D7
G
I'm branded with a number on my name
Chorus 2
G
G7
I'd like to hold my head up
C
G
and be proud of who I am
D7
A7
D7
But they won't let my secret go untold
G
G7
I paid the debt I owed them,
C
G
but they're still not satisfied
D7
G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
G
D7
G
G
Verse 2
G
G7
If I live to be a hundred
C
G
I guess I'll never clear my name
'Cause everybody knows
D7
A7
D7
I've been in jail
G
G7
No matter where I'm living,
C
G
I've got to tell them where I've been
D7
G
Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail
Chorus 3
G
G7
I'd like to hold my head up
C
G
and be proud of who I am
D7
A7
D7
But they won't let my secret go untold
G
G7
I paid the debt I owed them,
C
G
but they're still not satisfied
D7
G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
Outro 1
G
D7
G
G7
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
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