Prison Gate Blues
Prison Gate Blues

Prison Gate Blues easy guitar chords by Roosevelt Sykes

N/A•
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • Bm

    2

  • Gm

    3

  • D

  • A

  • Bbdim

  • Abdim

    6

  • Fdim

    3

  • G

  • E

  • Bb

  • Bm

    2

  • Gm

    3

  • D

  • A

  • Bbdim

  • Abdim

    6

  • Fdim

    3

  • G

  • E

  • Bb

    • Verse 1

    I 
    got 
    five 
    years in 
    the state penitentiary, 
    in 
    1938. 

    I 
    got five 
    years 
    in 
    the 
    state penitentiary. 

    Oh, 
    boy, 
    the 1938 

    My 
    lawyer tried 
    to beat 
    the ref 

    But 
    the judge 
    said 
    it was 

    too late 

    I 
    began 
    to feel 
    sad 

    When 
    those 
    prison 
    gates 
    slammed 

    I 
    began 
    to feel 
    sad 
    when 
    I 
    heard 
    those pris

    on gates 
    slam 
    I 
    can't 
    see 
    the one 
    I love, 
    oh 

    No, 
    it 
    doesn't look 
    the way I 

    am. 

    They'd been 
    sen
    t to every 
    place 
    where 
    I 

    didn't have 
    a 
    chance. 

    They'd 
    been sent to 
    every place 
    where 

    I 
    really 
    didn't 
    have 
    a chance. 

    They 
    fed 
    me cold 
    cornbread 
    and 

    whipped 
    me 
    in a 
    van. 

    I 
    wasn't 
    treated 
    like human, 

    I 
    had 
    num
    bers 
    for my 
    name. 

    I 
    wasn't 
    treated like 
    human, 

    I 
    had number
    s for 
    my 
    name. 

    Do 
    you 
    realize 
    that I wrecked 
    my life, 

    now 
    every
    body 
    seem
    s 
    the same? 

    I 
    did 
    el
    even months, 
    oh 
    yes, 

    in 
    one 
    dark day. 

    I 
    got 
    a break 
    in dead 
    11 months, 
    oh yes, 

    in 
    one 
    job day. 

    Remember, 
    if you 
    ever do 
    wrong, 

    you 
    simply 
    got that 
    debt 
    to pay. 


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