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Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 12:59:21 -0700
From: lindsey@terra.SIRIUS.COM (Tom Lindsey)

Branded Man
Merle Haggard

G (320003@1)                                C (x32010@1)            GI'd (320003@1)like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
                                  DBut (xx0232@1)they won't let my secret go untold
  G (320003@1)                                   C (x32010@1)            GI (320003@1)paid the debt I owed them,but they're still not satisfied
                  D (xx0232@1)            GNow (320003@1)I'm a branded man out un the cold

G (320003@1)                              C (x32010@1)             GWhen (320003@1)they let me out of prison,I held my head up high
                                  DDetermined (xx0232@1)I would rise above the shame
       G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)                GBut (320003@1)no matter where I'm living,the black mark follows me
                   D (xx0232@1)          GI'm (320003@1)branded with a number on my name


Repeat verse 1


G (320003@1)                                    C (x32010@1)            GIf (320003@1)I live to be a hundred,I guess I'll never clear my name
                                    D'Cause (xx0232@1)everybody knows I've been in jail
   G (320003@1)                                 C (x32010@1)             GNo (320003@1)matter where I'm living,I've got to tell them where I've been
                           D (xx0232@1)         GOr (320003@1)they'll send me back to prison if I fail


Repeat verse 1

                  D (xx0232@1)            GNow (320003@1)I'm a branded man out un the cold


Tom Lindsey
lindsey@sirius.com
San Francisco, CA