Hey, this is my first posting, and i never liked the other versions of Prison
Bound on acoustic, so I thought I'd post my own.

"Prison Bound" by Social Distortion, on "Prison Bound" circa 1988

Standard Tuning, Capo 3rd Fret

All of the song follows a basic bass strum pattern for C and G, straight strumming for Am-F.

Intro: C G Am G F

Verse 1:
          C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)  FWell (133211@1)I'm Goin' to a place where the tough guys go, and come out even tougher.

          C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)  FA (133211@1)place where a man don't show his feelings, a place where a man don't cry.

          C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)                              Am (x02210@1)Well they say I'm being punished and they say I can be reformed, but someday 

G (320003@1)   FI'll (133211@1)Return.

          C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)  
Did they really think that this time it'd work? You knew all along it 

Fwouldn't! (133211@1)

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)                   Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)      FOh, (133211@1)I'm prison bound, I did a crime one too many times.

C (x32010@1)                                   G (320003@1)                        AmIt's (x02210@1)on the outskirts of town, by the railroad tracks, where the country

G (320003@1)  Fmoon (133211@1)shines.

C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)                   Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)          FOh, (133211@1)I'm prison bound, tell my girl I'll be back one day.

C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)                   Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)      FOh, (133211@1)I'm prison bound, I may never know any other, any other way.

C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)    Fany (133211@1)other way.


Verse 2:
         C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)                        AmWell (x02210@1)they take away my freedom of expression and action, but Johnny says I

G (320003@1)      Fwalk (133211@1)the line.

         C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)                Am (x02210@1)     G (320003@1)       FWith (133211@1)three hots and a cot, and allot of talk that locks up concrete and steel

         C (x32010@1)                              G (320003@1)    
Well it's cold and it's clammy, and it's colder than a pimp's heart, but I've

Am (x02210@1)  G (320003@1)   Fgotta (133211@1)do my time.

         C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)                             AmThere's (x02210@1)a lesson to be learned here, but what a price to pay, you know, I may

G (320003@1)    Fnever (133211@1)learn.


Chorus: (Play 2x more)

C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)                   Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)      FOh, (133211@1)I'm prison bound, I did a crime one too many times

C (x32010@1)                                   G (320003@1)                        AmIt's (x02210@1)on the outskirts of town, by the railroad tracks, where the country

G (320003@1)  Fmoon (133211@1)shines.

C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)                   Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)          FOh, (133211@1)I'm prison bound, tell my girl I'll be back one day.

C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)                   Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)      FOh, (133211@1)I'm prison bound, I may never know any other, any other way.

C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)     Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)    FAny (133211@1)other way.