A (x02220@1)                           D (xx0232@1)                AI'VE (x02220@1)GOT THOSE LOUISIANA STRIPES AND THEY'RE ALWAYS CHAINING ME DOWN
    A (x02220@1)                                  E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)I'M IN HERE FOR 99 YEARS FOR SHOOTIN' MY WIFE TO THE GROUND
     A (x02220@1)                           D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)
WELL SHE HAD TO LOVE MY FRIEND AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT WITH ME
     A (x02220@1)                                                 E (022100@1)                    DSO (xx0232@1)I GRABBED MY GUN, SHOT EM BOTH IN THE HEAD AND THEN I THREW THERE ASS IN THE CREEK


Chorus 1:
         D (xx0232@1)     AWELL (x02220@1)I'M DOIN MY TIME
        E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1) 
IN THIS LOUISIANA PEN
D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)THINKIN ABOUT MAYBE BEIN' FREE 
       E (022100@1)                 AON (x02220@1)THE DAY THAT I'M A DEAD MAN


WELL, IT TOOK SOME GETTIN USED TO BEING LOCKED IN THIS PRISON CELL
BUT I ALWAYS HUM THOSE TUNES OF GEORGE JONES TO HELP ME THROUGH MY DAYS OF HELL
I'VE DONE 25 YEARS AND THAT'S ALRIGHT WITH ME
CAUSE I'VE GOT ME A LOTTA DAMN GOOD FRIENDS IN THIS LOUISIANA PENATENTARY

Chorus 2:
NOW I'M DOIN MY TIME 
IN THIS LOUISIANA PEN
THINKIN ABOUT MAYBE BEIN FREE ON THE DAY 
I'M WALKIN IN THAT FIELD OF FIRE IN THAT LOUISIANA PENENTARY