Tonart: D major
Verse 1
D
Swing
Am I gonna leave this prison
If they tell me one more time
To get in line
Verse 2
D
But I'm sure
G
That every single prison guard
That walks around this prison yard
Is gonna have a shot at me
D
If he sees me running for the gate
Verse 3
D
Full of the lead
Rather than to lay one more day
Let my mind and my body rot away
Verse 4
D
G
I'd be floating way up so high
Looking down at all my buddies
Saying "You chumps, you suckers
I hope one day you can find
Verse 5
D
Well you might say
G
"How come you're so sure
Heaven's where you're going?
You ain't exactly been showing
the ways of an angel"
Verse 6
D
G
I must admit you got a point
But I got a feeling
The ceiling ain't so far
And Yahweh just may
want a couple words
Verse 7
D
A
So I'll be walking right up to
those big pearly gates
G
Saying "Hey Saint Peter,
How's the family, how's work,
how's the kids
What do you say?
How's about cracking those gates?
A
And letting a fine upstanding fellow,
Verse 8
D
And he might say
G
"Ah, Mr. Avett you can save it
I ain't gonna be buying any of that lying
Jive, hustling, bald-faced, fake,
fake, conman nonsense
That you used to get by with
Verse 9
D
And I'll say
"Come on
G
Surely you and God of all people oughta know
I was innocent of those crimes
I told you so,
every night by myself in that cell
Surrounded by nothing but
Verse 10
D
Well dear God
G
Maybe I should just be talking
straight to you
The truth is I lost my way some
G
And if you got a minute,
would you spend it with a sinner
Just long enough to give me
some directions home
D
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