• Song:

    New Prisoners Song

  • Artist:

    Dock Boggs

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G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)       GSitting (320003@1)alone, sad, all alone,
G (320003@1)                    D7Sitting (xx0212@1)in my cell all alone,
G (320003@1)                                    CJust (x32010@1)thinking of those good times gone by me,
D7 (xx0212@1)                    GKnowing (320003@1)that I once had a home.

G (320003@1)                               CFor (x32010@1)seven long years I've been in prison,
    D7 (xx0212@1)                      GFor (320003@1)seven long more I have to stay;
          G (320003@1)                      CJust (x32010@1)for knocking a man down in an alley,
    D7 (xx0212@1)                  GAnd (320003@1)taking his gold watch away.

G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)       GSitting (320003@1)alone, sad, all alone,
G (320003@1)                    D7Sitting (xx0212@1)in my cell all alone,
G (320003@1)                                    CJust (x32010@1)thinking of those good times gone by me,
D7 (xx0212@1)                    GKnowing (320003@1)that I once had a home.

G (320003@1)                            CI (x32010@1)once did have a sister and a brother,
   D7 (xx0212@1)                       GI (320003@1)wonder if they ever think of me?
  G (320003@1)                          CI (x32010@1)once did have a father and a mother
    D7 (xx0212@1)                       GWho (320003@1)lived in a cottage by the sea.

G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)       GSitting (320003@1)alone, sad, all alone,
G (320003@1)                    D7Sitting (xx0212@1)in my cell all alone,
G (320003@1)                                    CJust (x32010@1)thinking of those good times gone by me,
D7 (xx0212@1)                    GKnowing (320003@1)that I once had a home.
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