[Capo 3]
LAm
One day a friend took me aside
REm
and said, "I have to leave you.
LAm
For buying something from a friend
MIm MI7
They say I have done wrong.
LAm
For protecting the name of a man
REm7
they say I'll have to leave you.
LAm MIm REm7 LAm
So now I'm bidding you farewell for much too long.
LAm REm7
And here's a song to sing for every man inside.
LAm MIm MI7
If he can hear you sing it's an open door.
LAm REm7
There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way
LAm MIm REm7 LAm
and buy the freedom, that's a high price for the poor.
LAm(9) REm7(6) LAm(9) MIm MI7
Kids in Texas, smoking grass, ten year sentence, comes to pass.
LAm(9) REm7(6) LAm(9) MIm MI7
Misdemeanor in Ann Arbor, ask the judges why?
LAm
Another friend said to her kids
REm
I'm gonna have to leave you
LAm
For selling something to the man
MIm MI7
I guess I did wrong.
LAm
And although I did the best I could
REm7
I'm gonna have to leave you.
LAm MIm REm7 LAm
So now I'm kissing you farewell for much too long.
LAm REm7
And here's a song to sing for every man inside.
LAm MIm MI7
If he can hear you sing it's an open door.
LAm REm7
There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way
LAm MIm REm7 LAm7
and buy the freedom, that's a high price for the poor.
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