Prison to Heaven chords by The Avett Brothers
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Intro 1
(D major)
Verse 1
Swing (D major)
(G major) It's a hard decision
Am I gonna leave this prison
If they tell me one more time
To get in line
I'm gon (D major) na break away
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Verse 2
(D major)
But I'm sure
That (G major) every single prison guard
That walks around this prison yard
Is gonna have a shot at me
If he sees me running for (D major) the gate
Verse 3
(D major)
I'd be (G major) better off dead
Full of the lead
Rather than to lay one more day
Let my mind and my body rot away
In this awful (D major) place
Verse 4
(D major)
I'd be (G major) floating way up so high
Looking down at all my buddies
Saying "You chumps, you suckers
I hope one day you can find
the guts to (D major) escape"
Verse 5
(D major)
Well you might say
(G major) "How come you're so sure
Heaven's where you're going?
You ain't exactly been showing
the ways of an angel"
Glory (D major) bound
Verse 6
(D major)
I must ad (G major) mit you got a point
But I got a feeling
The ceiling ain't so far
And Yahweh just may
want a couple words
(D major) With yours truly
Verse 7
(D major)
So I'll be (A major) walking right up to
those big pearly gates
Saying (G major) "Hey Saint Peter,
ol' buddy, ol' pal (D major)
How's the family, how's work,
how's the kids
What do you say?
How's about cracking those gates?
And letting (A major) a fine upstanding fellow,
like myself (G major)
Join (D major) the club"
Verse 8
(D major)
And he might say
(G major) "Ah, Mr. Avett you can save it
I ain't gonna be buying any of that lying
Jive, hustling, bald-faced, fake,
fake, conman nonsense
That you used to get by with
Down there (D major) on Earth"
Verse 9
(D major)
And I'll say
"Come on
Surely (G major) you and God of all people oughta know
I was innocent of those crimes
I told you so,
every night by myself in that cell
Surrounded by nothing but
gray (D major) and quiet"
Verse 10
(D major)
Well dear God
(G major) Maybe I should just be talking
straight to you
The truth is I lost my way some
where along the (D major) way
And (G major) if you got a minute,
would you spend it with a sinner
Just long enough to give me
some directions home
(D major)
Prison to Heaven
The Avett Brothers
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