Song: Branded
Artist: Marty Stuart (& His Fabulous Superlatives)
Album: Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
Words and music by: Marty Stuart
Tuning: Standard
Capo: No capo

Intro: G
           G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)         GWell (320003@1)I'm branded, wherever I go
  G (320003@1)                                         D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)DTryna (xx0232@1)outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
                   G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)           GMight (320003@1)as well be wearin' a ball and chain
       G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)                        GCos (320003@1)everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name

G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)               GSpent (320003@1)some time in San Francisco, locked up for vagrancy
          G (320003@1)                                       D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)DI (xx0232@1)busted out a time or two, took a run at gettin' free
                           G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)                      GThey (320003@1)put me back in the jailhouse, I finished servin' my time
            G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)                      GTurned (320003@1)me loose, and the man's set to dog me to the end of the line

G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)         GBut (320003@1)I'm branded, wherever I go
  G (320003@1)                                         D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)DTryna (xx0232@1)outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
                   G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)           GMight (320003@1)as well be wearin' a ball and chain
       G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)                        GCos (320003@1)everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name

G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)                GThe (320003@1)trouble with the truth: it always comes around
            G (320003@1)                                D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)DIt (xx0232@1)seems to be there waitin' for me, in every town
                         G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)                 GWell (320003@1)I'm guilty of the crime, of tryna get back home
              G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)       GDon't (320003@1)wanna bother nobody, just wanna be left alone

G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)         GBut (320003@1)I'm branded, wherever I go
  G (320003@1)                                         D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)DTryna (xx0232@1)outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
                   G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)           GMight (320003@1)as well be wearin' a ball and chain
       G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)                        GCos (320003@1)everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name