Prisoners

Am                   Dm
All of the prisoners serving life 
sentences
Am                    Dm       E
Wait for the earth to suddenly shake
F                                 
For the walls to somehow suddenly 
     E
come crumbling, tumbling and
Dm                      E
For the bars to somehow magically 
break


Am
Aw, There's nothing wrong with them
       Dm
That a thousand bucks can't fix
Am                              
That a thousand arms can't hold 
Dm      E
down
F                        E
In the ground they're tattooing the 
stones with
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Dm                    E
Cusses like cavemen - your momma was
 here


                 F                 
But they want to run through the 
          C
air with no barriers or obstacles
F                       C
Gunmen or guard dogs or priests
       F                           
And to rise from the mud and start 
C
over and over
F                   D7   E
With the people all dead Uh uh uh uh
 uh uh uh


Am                         E
If Hans Christian Andersen could've 
had his way with me
     Am                          
Then none of this shit would have 
           E
ever gone down
F              E
In my cell I'm tattooing myself with
C                         E
Mermaids and swallows and though I 
do swallow
   Dm                           
My mama thinks I'm grown but I'm 
 G
really just little
Am                 Dm        F    E
And someday I will remember

Am                 Dm        F    E
And someday I will remember

Am                 Dm        F    E
And someday I will remember