Christmas in Prison

Christmas in Prison easy guitar chords by John Prine

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    It 
    was 
    Christmas 
    in 
    prison 

    And 
    the food 
    was 
    real 
    good 

    We 
    had 
    turkey 
    and 
    pistols 

    Carved 
    out 
    of 
    wood 

    And 
    dream 
    of 
    her 
    always 

    Even 
    when 
    don't 
    dream 

    Her 
    name's 
    on 
    my 
    tongue 

    And her 
    blood's 
    in 
    my 
    stream 

    Verse 2
    Wait 
    awhile 
    eternity 

    Old 
    mother 
    nature's 

    got 
    nothing 
    on 
    me 

    Come 
    to me 

    Run 
    to 
    me 

    Come 
    to 
    me, 
    now 

    We're 
    rolling 

    My 
    sweetheart 

    We're 
    flowing 

    Interlude 1
    By 
    God 



    Verse 3
    She 
    reminds 
    me 
    of 
    a chess 
    game 

    With 
    someone 
    admire 

    Or 
    a picnic 
    in 
    the 
    rain 

    After 
    prairie 
    fire 

    Her 
    heart 
    is 
    as 
    big 

    As 
    this 
    whole 
    goddamn 
    jail 

    And 
    she's 
    sweeter 
    than 
    saccharine 

    At 
    a drug 
    store 
    sale 

    Verse 4
    Wait 
    awhile 
    eternity 

    Old 
    mother 
    nature's 

    got 
    nothing 
    on 
    me 

    Come 
    to 
    me 

    Run 
    to 
    me 

    Come 
    to me, 
    now 

    We're 
    rolling 

    My 
    sweetheart 

    We're 
    flow
    ing 

    Interlude 2
    By 
    God 



    Verse 5
    The search 
    light 
    in 
    the 
    big 
    yard 

    Swings 
    round 
    with 
    the 
    gun 

    And 
    spot
    lights 
    the snowflakes 

    Like 
    the 
    dust 
    in 
    the 
    sun 

    It's 
    Christmas 
    in 
    prison 

    There'll 
    be 
    music 
    tonight 

    I'll 
    probably 
    get 
    homesick 

    love 
    you 

    Goodnight 

    Verse 6
    Wait 
    awhile 
    eternity 

    Old 
    mother 
    nature's 

    got 
    nothing 
    on 
    me 

    Come 
    to 
    me 

    Run 
    to 
    me 

    Come 
    to me, 
    now 

    We're 
    rolling 

    My 
    sweetheart 

    We're 
    flowing 

    By 
    God 

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