Key: D major
Verse 1
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Well I'm branded wherever I go
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Trying to outrun a bad story
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F#
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everybody seems to know
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Em
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Might as well be wearing a
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B
Em
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ball and chain
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Cause everywhere I travel
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see my picture
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B
With a number by my name
Verse 2
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Spent some time in San Francis
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co locked up for vagrancy
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Em
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I busted out a time or
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F#
two took a run at getting free
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Em
They put me back in the jailhouse
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I finished serving my time
Turned me loose and the man said I'll
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dog you to the end of the line
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Verse 3
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Well I'm branded wherever I go
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Trying to outrun a bad story
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F#
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everybody seems to know
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Em
Might as well be wearing
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a ball and chain
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Em
Cause everywhere I travel
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B
see my picture
Em
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With a number by my name
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Interlude 1
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Em
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The trouble with the truth
Verse 4
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it always
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comes around
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Seems to be there waiting
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F#
for me in every town
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Well I'm guilty of the crime
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of trying to get back home
Don't want to bother nobody
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just want to be left alone
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Verse 5
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Well I'm branded wherever I go
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Trying to outrun a bad story
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F#
everybody seems to know
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Might as well be wearing
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B
a ball and chain
Em
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Cause everywhere I travel
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see my picture
Outro 1
With a number by my name
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F#
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ChordsE A B F# Em
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