SOJA - Prison Blues (acoustic)
[Intro]
Am C F x4
[Verse 1]
Am
These prison blues a standard issue
C
Even when our shirts ain't blue
F
We've got shake downs on a daily
F
Shanks and ropes, she snitches too
Am
Those bars lockin' down a cell block
C
Warden's yellin' down the hall
F
Was you gonna make my prison thicker?
F
Higher, sharper wall?
[Chorus]
Dm
I lift that hammer, hammer's heavy
F
And let that fall upon a stone
C
And let that shake these chains that bind me
G
And build these walls I call my home
Dm
I've got scars that poorly mended
F
And I don't seem to fit no more
C
Yet I wake myself each mornin'
G Am C F
Just prepare for what's in store
Am C F
For what's in store for me
Am C F
[Verse 2]
Am
So tonight it's cold cold as bullets
C
Keys walk up and down my tear
F
Tell myself the end is coming soon
F
To chase away the fear,
Am
That same fear that's got me drinkin'
C
and put these tracks all down my arm
F F
That same fear's been inside me, ever since I was born
[Chorus]
Dm
I lift that hammer, hammer's heavy
F
And let that fall upon a stone
C
And let that shake these chains that bind me
G
And build these walls I call my home
Dm
I've got scars that poorly mended
F
And I don't seem to fit no more
C
Yet I wake myself each mornin'
G Am C F
Just prepare for what's in store
Am C F
For what's in store for me
Am C F
[Verse 3]
Am
Freedom's just a distant memory
C
I lose more and more each day
F
Can't forgive the man inside me
F
My tranquility is gone
Am
Every day's like every other
C
Every day's like every other
F
Every day's like every other
F Am
Every day's like..let me out of here
C
Let me out of here
F
Let me out of here
F
Let me out of here
