Prisoners Song
Chet Atkins
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Key:
C F Oh! I wish I had someone to love me,G7 C Someone to call me their own.F Oh! I wish I had someone to live with,G C Cause I'm tired of livin' alone. IIC I'll be carried to the new jailF tomorrow,G7 C Leaving my poor darling aloneContinues after the adF With cold prison bars all around meG7 C And my head on a pillow of stone. (INSTRUMENTAL) IIIC F Now I have a grand ship on the oceanG7 C All mounted with silver and goldF And before my poor darling would sufferG7 Oh! that ship would be anchored andC sold IVC F Now if I had wings like an angelG7 C Over these prison walls I would fly And I'd fly to the arms of my poorF darlin'G7 C And there I'd be willing to die