D                              A
There's someone banging on my wall
D                        A
I turn the volume up to full
G            F#m
I don't know who it is
    Em                 D
Or why they don't like me
G            F#m           A
I don't feel safe in the street


[Verse 2]
D                                A
There's something nagging in my head
D                      A
I turn my body out of bed
G           F#m          Em               D
I draw the curtains on another brand new day
G                F#m              A
Mrs. Jones and friend just look away


[Chorus]
D                    A
I'm prisoner number one
              D
I won't get parole
                  A
(Prisoner number one)

cause I carry a gun
D                A
Prisoner number one
D                A
Prisoner number one
Em          G
We're all prisoners
Em          G
We're all prisoners
Em          G        A
We're all prisoners here


[Verse 3]
D                              A
Last thing I remember Tuesday night
D                                      A
Is three white wonders waiting for a fight
G                 F#m           Em                D
Mrs. Jones walked past me as I lay there on our street
G                F#m           A
She knows I'm a black boy underneath


[Chorus]
D                    A
I'm prisoner number one
              D
I won't get parole
                  A
(Prisoner number one)
cause I carry a gun
D                A
Prisoner number one
D                A
Prisoner number one
Em          G
We're all prisoners
Em          G
We're all prisoners
Em          G        A
We're all prisoners here

Bm         G         A       Bm
We're all prisoners always caught
        G        Em        A Slowing  G F#m A
In the life and death of each other's thoughts

Drums Only
I'm prisoner number one Oh-oh
Prisoner number one Oh-woah-oh
Prisoner number one Oh-oh
                 A
Prisoner number one


[Chorus]
D                    A
I'm prisoner number one
              D
I won't get parole
                  A
(Prisoner number one)

cause I carry a gun
D                A
Prisoner number one
D                A
Prisoner number one
Em          G
We're all prisoners
Em          G
We're all prisoners
Em          G        A
We're all prisoners here


[Outro]
D   A   x4
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh!