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