The Ballad Of Frisco Bay chords by Johnny Paycheck
Verse 1
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I'm here in the Bay
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C
of Frisco in prison
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No one's ever escaped from here,
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they say
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Bb
The water's deep and cold,
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and the sharks'll get you
But you're looking at a guy
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E
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who's willing to die for a try at Frisco Bay
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C
Life in a day is what the judge gave me
So it really don't matter
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E
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if I live or die
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Bb
I've got a wife and baby
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who's never gonna see me
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A
Bb
B
G
If I don't give the Frisco Bay a try
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They don't have walls here,
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or man -eatin' dogs to
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C
stop me
Freedom's so close,
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E
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and yet so far away
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C
As I jump in the bay, the water's cold
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Bb
C
The current's got me
And though I fight real hard
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E
I'm getting tired
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G
C
And I'm dying in Frisco Bay
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I'm dying in Frisco Bay
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To save her from shame
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She killed a man
And for the baby's sake
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B
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I took the blame
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As things grow dim,
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C
I wonder if it was worth it all
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To fight so hard to stand
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and then have to fall
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And when they tell my wife,
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C
there's one thing she'll have to say
We had a good plan,
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E
but she lost a good man
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G
C
When I tried to swim to Frisco Bay
Outro 1
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The Ballad Of Frisco Bay
Johnny Paycheck
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