Prison Song chords by Mick Kolassa

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Verse 1
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One day a friend took me aside
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and said I have to leave you
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Buy ing something from a friend
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they say I've done wrong
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Em 
For protecting the name of a man
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they say I gotta leave you
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So I'm bidding you farewell
Em 
for much too long
And here's a song to sing
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for every man inside
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We can hear you sing,
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it's an open door
Em 
There's not a rich man there
Am 
Who couldn't pay his way
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By the freedom
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that's a high price for the poor
Another friend, she said to her kids
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I'm gonna have to leave you
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For selling something to the man,
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I guess I did wrong
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Though I done the best I could,
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I'm gonna have to  leave you
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So I'm kissing you farewell
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Em 
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Em 
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for far    too long
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Em 
Am 
Kids in Texas, smoking grass,
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B 
10  year sentence come to pass,
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Am 
but not in Washington, or  Colorado.
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Ask the politicians why,
Em 
and here's a song to sing
Am 
for everyone inside
Em 
They can hear you sing,
B 
it's an open door
G 
Em 
There's not a rich man there
Am 
Who couldn't pay his way
B 
By the freedom
Baug 
Em 
that's a high price for a poor
There's not a rich man there
Am 
Who couldn't pay his way
B 
By the freedom
Em 
that's a high price for the poor