Branded Man

    G                G7           
I'd like to hold my head up and be
   C            G
 proud of who I am,
but they won't let my secret go 
  D    A D
untold.
   G              G7           
I paid the debt I owed them, but 
           C               G
they're still not satisfied,
                   D            
now I'm a branded man out in the 
  G
cold

               G             G7   
    When they let me out of 
     C               G
prison, I held my head up high,
    determined I would rise above 
      D   A D
the shame.
            G             G7      
    But no matter where I travel, 
     C                 G
the black mark follows me,
                        D          
    I'm branded with a number on my
  G
 name.

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    G                G7           
I'd like to hold my head up and be
   C            G
 proud of who I am,
but they won't let my secret go 
  D    A D
untold.
   G              G7           
I paid the debt I owed them, but 
           C               G
they're still not satisfied,
                   D            
now I'm a branded man out in the 
  G
cold

          G           G7          
    If I live to be a hundred, 
         C              G
guess I'll never clear my name,
    'cause everybody knows I've been
     D   A D
 in jail.
        G               G7        
    No matter where I'm living, 
           C                    G
I've got to tell them where I've 
been,
    or they'll send me back to 
 D          G
prison if I fail.

    G                G7           
I'd like to hold my head up and be
   C            G
 proud of who I am,
but they won't let my secret go 
  D    A D
untold.
   G              G7           
I paid the debt I owed them, but 
           C               G
they're still not satisfied,
                   D            
now I'm a branded man out in the 
  G
cold,
            D                   
Now I'm a branded man out in the 
 G
cold.