Black And White

Cm, Fm, Gm, Ab
(If you play with a capo on the 3rd 
fret, the chords are Am, Dm, Em, and
 F respectively)

Cm
Oh, let me tell my story friend
                Fm       Gm       
That you might learn to stay away 
     Cm
from sin
Cm
I took a life not mine to take
           Fm       Gm            
Imprisoned for this haunting dread
    Cm
 mistake

Cm
My heart was harder than my soul
               Fm    Gm           
They sentenced me to life without 
   Cm
parole
Cm
Where no one cares, we’re all the 
same
           Fm       Gm            
And I must wear this number for my
    Cm
 name

[Chorus]
            Ab              Cm
Now life to me is black and white
                Fm        Gm      
I’ll wear these stripes until the 
      Cm
day I die
                   Ab             
But this ball and chain around my 
Cm
leg
              Fm
Won’t drag me down, won’t drag me 
down
Gm        Cm
When I am dead

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Cm
My mother prayed so hard for me
            Fm    Gm            
She did her time down on bended 
Cm
knees
Cm
But I was young and I had no fear
             Fm           Gm      
Her pleading voice still echoes in
    Cm
 my ear

Cm
Don’t let the beauty blind your eyes
                Fm   Gm           
This world is filled with 
   Cm
discolored lies
Cm
For greener fields don’t sell your 
soul
                    Fm   Gm   
You’ll think you’re rich with a 
                   Cm
pocket of fool’s gold

[Chorus]
            Ab              Cm
Now life to me is black and white
                Fm        Gm      
I’ll wear these stripes until the 
      Cm
day I die
                   Ab             
But this ball and chain around my 
Cm
leg
              Fm
Won’t drag me down, won’t drag me 
down
Gm        Cm
When I am dead

[Break]

Cm
I’d rather be in this dark cell
           Fm       Gm            
Than to be free and die and go to 
Cm
hell
Cm
God bless the day of my new birth
               Fm     Gm          
I don’t have to pay the price that
      Cm
 I deserve

[Chorus]
            Ab              Cm
Now life to me is black and white
                Fm        Gm      
I’ll wear these stripes until the 
      Cm
day I die
                   Ab             
But this ball and chain around my 
Cm
leg
              Fm
Won’t drag me down, won’t drag me 
down
Gm        Cm
When I am dead

[Break]

[Ending]
             Ab               Cm
And when I’m dead and take my flight
             Fm       Gm      
I’ll leave behind this world of 
    Cm
black and white