Tuning: Standard Capo: No capo Intro: G5 G5 C5 G5 Well I'm branded, wherever I go G5 D5 A5 D5 Tryna outrun a bad story everybody seems to know G5 C5 G5 Might as well be wearin' a ball and chain G5 D5 G5 Cos everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name G5 C5 G5 Spent some time in San Francisco, locked up for vagrancy G5 D5 A5 D5 I busted out a time or two, took a run at gettin' free G5 C5 G5 They put me back in the jailhouse, I finished servin' my time G5 D5 G5 Turned me loose, and the man's set to dog me to the end of the line G5 C5 G5 But I'm branded, wherever I go G5 D5 A5 D5 Tryna outrun a bad story everybody seems to know G5 C5 G5 Might as well be wearin' a ball and chain G5 D5 G5 Cos everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name G5 C5 G5 The trouble with the truth: it always comes around G5 D5 A5 D5 It seems to be there waitin' for me, in every town G5 C5 G5 Well I'm guilty of the crime, of tryna get back home G5 D5 G5 Don't wanna bother nobody, just wanna be left alone G5 C5 G5 But I'm branded, wherever I go G5 D5 A5 D5 Tryna outrun a bad story everybody seems to know G5 C5 G5 Might as well be wearin' a ball and chain G5 D5 G5 Cos everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name