The Prisoners Song chords by
Reg Meuross
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Key: G major
Verse 1
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C

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D

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One, two, three.
They tied me up and they sent me down
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C

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And they dragged me away
from my hometown
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Money got scarce when
the work shut down
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C

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And I fought to make a living
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I loved a woman and she loved me back
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C

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We tried to stay in the middle of the tracks
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D

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Too many papers on my back
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C
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and nobody give it.
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G

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I never chose to live this way.
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You're a liar if you say I did.
It ain't easy being poor,
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G

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but if it wasn't for the Lord,
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D

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I'd just pray something else instead.
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G

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Things turned bad
when I couldn't get a start
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C

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and it tore my life and my
home apart.
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D

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There's more love in this broken heart
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C

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than a lot I'd like to mention.
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G

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Now I spend my days in the prison yard
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C

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And my lonely nights behind different bars
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D

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I count the footsteps and the stars
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C
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And the years of my detention
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I never chose to live this way
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C
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You're a liar if you say I did
It ain't easy being poor
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But if it wasn't for the loan
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I'd just raise something else in
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stead
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There's no such thing
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as right or wrong
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D

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It's not that black and white
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It isn't just a prisoner
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who doesn't sleep at night
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You work this hard in
the bottom of the mine
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But there ain't no work like doing it right
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The babies cry and the engines whine
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The devil pays the wages
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G

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Now I've done some things
that I can't forget
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And I've done some things
that I don't regret
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I might go straight,
but I wouldn't lie to vet,
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cause I've been through my back pages
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I never chose to live this way,
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you're a liar if you say I did
It ain't easy being poor,
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but if it wasn't for the law,
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I'd just pray something else instead
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It ain't easy being poor,
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G

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but if it wasn't for the law,
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D

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I'd just pray something else instead
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C
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