Life Of A Prisoner chords by Johnny Cash
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Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
He drinks (G major) a cup of coffee and way
before the sun he's up an (D major) d goin'
Out on a work detail cause he knows soon
the morning whistle will begin to (G major) blowin'
All day out in that hot sun with no
reward for any work he'll do (C major)
And then he'll (D major) come back in the evening
And dreams a lot of dreams
that can't come (G major) true
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Verse 2
(G major)
This is the life of a pris (C major) oner forgotten
man that's there to stay (G major)
He lives on faith and hope and cour (D major) age
and a few old dreams of yester (G major) day
Verse 3
Well (G major) no one cares about him or it seems
at way to him as time goes (D major) by
One day is like the other and every
time he prays he prays (G major) to die
He's been there for so long now he wouldn't
know how to talk to men outside (C major)
And though (D major) it's the life he lives for he fears
the day the gates swing open wide
(G major)
Verse 4
This is the life of a pris (C major) oner... (G major)
He lives on faith and hope and cour (D major) age and a
few old dreams of yester (G major) day
Outro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Life Of A Prisoner
Johnny Cash
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