Intro: Am C F Am C Dm Am C F Dm Am C F E | -----0-----------------0-3-1---3-1-------0-3-1-0---1-0------------ | B | -1-3---1----3-1----1-3------------1-1-3-----------3----3-1-1h3---- | G | ---------2-----2-----------------------------------------------2-- | D | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | A | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | E | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Am C Prison blues stand an issue, even when our suits ain?t blue F We got shade's downs on the daily, shanks ooobs so vicious too. Am C Blue walls vocking down the cell block, wooden skellots down the hall F What you gonna make my prison thicker, higha shal fo work Dm F I lift the hema hema seven, and let that fall upon the stove, C G And let the shaly chones define me, and build these walls I call my own Dm F I got scars like holly mammoth, and I don't seem to fit no more C G Yet I wake myself each morning, just prepare for what's in store ( Am C F Am C Dm Am C F Dm Am C F ) E | -----0-----------------0-3-1---3-1-------0-3-1-0---1-0------------ | B | -1-3---1----3-1----1-3------------1-1-3-----------3----3-1-1h3---- | G | ---------2-----2-----------------------------------------------2-- | D | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | A | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | E | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Am C So tonight is cold as bullets, so please walk up and down my tear, F Tell myself the end is coming soon, chase away fear, Am C That some fear got me drinking, put these straps on down my arm , F Passing fear has been inside of me ever since I was born. Dm F I lift the hema hema seven, and let that fall upon the stove, C G And let the shady shades define me, and build these walls I call my own Dm F I got scars like holly mammoth, and I don't seem to fit no more C G Yet I wake myself each morning, just prepare for what's in store...for me ( Am C F Am C Dm Am C F Dm Am C F ) E | -----0-----------------0-3-1---3-1-------0-3-1-0---1-0------------ | B | -1-3---1----3-1----1-3------------1-1-3-----------3----3-1-1h3---- | G | ---------2-----2-----------------------------------------------2-- | D | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | A | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | E | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ( Am C F Am C Dm Am C F Dm Am C F ) E | -----0-----------------0-3-1---3-1-------0-3-1-0---1-0------------ | B | -1-3---1----3-1----1-3------------1-1-3-----------3----3-1-1h3---- | G | ---------2-----2-----------------------------------------------2-- | D | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | A | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | E | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |