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