Prison Is Private Property chords by 
Rocky Votolato 
N/A
Key: D minor•
Verse 1
Dm
The have nots have had enough
and now they're out to kill the king
C
F
C
Of what look s to be an evil em pire where short-term
earnings earnings mean everything
Asus4
There's a pressure to deliver here,
A
Dm
your gonna get hurt if you don't play this game
Nobody will ever know,
C
just the CEO to the CFO
F
If you can work some magic,
C
we can double our paychecks, so make the numbers look right
Asus4
Wall street is a ruthless mistress
A
with a quick and painful judgment
Dm
Temptation is in deep now,
threads of greed run through this fabric
C
Weaving tapestries over your eyes to prepare
the landscapes for disaster
Asus4
A
Anthrax or a plane crash, bio chemical,
or even nuclear attacks
Dm
Integrity is too damn expensive,
discount the price but still
C
Dm
C
F
C
Nobody's buying so come up with the money
Asus4
boys or you'll be choking on a bar rel
A
And it just might be your own finger
Bb
Dm
squeezing on the trig ger
Asus4
A
Call in the reinforce ments
Verse 2
Dm
you're working hard on
Bb
a life of your own
F
Three square meals and
C
a place to call home
Gm
Bb
The American dream can be found here if
A
Bb
C
you keep your mouth closed
Dm
But the teeth you keep clenched
Gm
Bb
is what's killing the chance
F
Your mouth is watering as
C
you imagine
Gm
Bb
Swallowing each new pos session
Interlude 1
It's building a prison
A
Bb
C
Dm
C
Bb
F
Gm
Bb
C
Dm
C
Bb
Gm
Bb
Gm
Dm
C
Bb
Gm
A
Gm
Dm
A
Verse 3
Dm
you'll think there's a place where you made it
You searched for this your whole life
C
New answers will satisfy but then
you realize it's never enough
Asus4
That's the slickest marketing I've
A
ever seen - a spiraling trap
Dm
With enough ambition and a firm set
of rules you can have anything you want
C
D
C
You can walk right out into the world
Asus4
and capture and kill god
A
In a little box or a little book
to be understood
Dm
But no one can argue with the good sense
C
and strength of a solid founda tion
Or with the weakness born when corruption
Asus4
is the rule and not the excep tion
A
I'm trying hard to for get
Dm
everything I thought I knew
You've climbed much too high to
C
let the truth stop you now
Or to concern yourself
F
C
with the in vestments of
Asus4
Lesser honest men
A
The ladder's been brutal but the payoff
Bb
Dm
is just around the corner
Asus4
A
Call in the reinforce ments
Verse 4
Dm
you're working hard on
Bb
a life of your own
F
Three square meals and
C
a place to call home
Gm
Bb
But you keep getting lost each time you
A
Bb
C
walk out your front door
Dm
Me I've got a family I know
Bb
real well what it means
F
To make sure there's enough
C
food on the table each day
Gm
But I'd rather starve than be
Bb
a whore for an empty living
Outro 1
A
Bb
C
Dm
C
Bb
F
Gm
Bb
C
Dm
C
Bb
Gm
Bb
Dm
C
Bb
Gm
A
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsDm C F Asus4 A...
Dm
C
F
Asus4
A
Bb
Gm
D
Capo: 5
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