Prison Song chords by System of a Down
Verse 1
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B5
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G
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They're trying to build a prison
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They're trying to build a prison
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
G
Following
B
the rights movements you clamped
on with your iron fists
Drugs became conveniently available
for all the kids
Following the rights movements you clamped
on with your iron fists
C
B
Drugs became conveniently available
C
B
for all the kids
Verse 3
C
I buy my crack, I smack
D
C
my bitch
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C
Right here in Hollywood
Verse 4
D
C
B
Nearly two million
Americans are incarcerated
In the prison system,
prison system of the U.S.
C
They're trying to build a prison
B
They're trying to build a prison
Verse 5
C
They're trying to build a prison
B
They're trying to build a prison
G
For you and me to live in
B
Another prison system
C
Another prison system
B
Another prison system
G
For you and me
B
Minor drug offenders fill your prisons,
Bm
you don't even flinch
Verse 6
B
All our taxes paying for your
Bm
wars against the new non-rich
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Minor Minor drug offenders fill your
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B
prisons, you don't even flinch
All our taxes paying for your
wars against the new non-rich
Bm
B
I I buy
Verse 7
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B
my crack,
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D
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I smack my bitch
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C
Right here in Hollywood
Bm
C
Verse 8
D
C
B
The percentage of Americans
in the prison system
Prison system has
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doubled since 1985
They're trying to build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
B
They're trying to
Verse 9
C
build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
B
G
For you and me to live in
C
B
Another prison system
Bm
B
Another prison system
C
Another prison system
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G
C
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For you and me
B
C
B
They're trying to build a prison
Verse 10
They're trying to build a prison
Bm
They're trying to build a prison
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For you and me
F#
B
Bm
B
Bm
Oh baby, you
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Bm
B
Bm
B
G
Bm
and me
All research and successful
B
drug policies show
that treatment should be increased
G
Verse 11
Bm
B
And law enforcement
decreased while abolishing
mandatory minimum sentences
G
Bm
B
All research and successful
drug policies show
That treatment should be increased
G
Bm
And law enforcement
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decreased while abolishing
Bm
B
Mandatory minimum sentences
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Verse 12
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Utilizing drugs to pay for
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F#
Secret wars around the world
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F#
Drugs are now your global policy
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F#
Now you police the globe
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Bm
I buy my crack, I smack my bitch
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Right here
Verse 13
in Hollywood
C
B
Drug money is used to rig elections
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B
And train
Verse 14
brutal
corporate sponsored
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Dictators around the world
C
They're trying to build a prison
Bm
They're trying to
Verse 15
C
build a prison
B
C
They're trying to build a prison
B
C
They're trying to build a prison
G
For you and me to live in
Bm
Another prison system
C
Bm
Another prison system
B
Bm
Another prison system
G
Bm
C
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For
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G
you and me
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They're trying to
Verse 16
build a prison
They're trying to build a prison
C
They're trying to build a prison
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F#
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For you and me
F#
Bm
Oh baby, you and me
Prison Song
System of a Down
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