Sing Me Back Home / Branded Man chords by Merle Haggard

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Verse 1
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The warden led a prisoner
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down the hallway to his doom
And I stood up to say goodbye
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while I called rest
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And I heard him tell the warden
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just before he reached my cell
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Let my guitar playing friend
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do my request
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Let him sing me back home
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the song I used to hear
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Make my old memories come alive
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Take me away and turn back the years
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Sing me back home before I die
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Sing me back home before I die
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I'd like to hold my head up
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And be proud of who I am
But they won't let my
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secrets go untold
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I paid the debt I owed them
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But they're still not satisfied
Now I'm a branded man
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out in the cold
When they let me out of prison
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I held my head up high
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Determined I would arise above the chain
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But no matter where I travel
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The black mark follows me
And I'm branded with a
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number on my name
I'd like to hold my head up
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and be proud of who I am
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But they won't let my secret go untold
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I've met the Jedi Order,
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but they're still not satisfied
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Now I'm a branded man
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out in the cold