Key: Cm
Chords: Cm, Fm, Gm, Ab
(If you play with a capo on the 3rd fret, the chords are Am, Dm, Em, and F respectively)
[Cm]Oh, let me tell my story friend
That you might l[Fm]earn to s[Gm]tay away from [Cm]sin
[Cm]I took a life not mine to take
Imprisoned [Fm]for this [Gm]haunting dread mis[Cm]take
My heart was harder than my soul
They sentenced me to life without parole
Where no one cares, were all the same
And I must wear this number for my name
Chorus
Now life to [Ab]me is black and [Cm]white
Ill wear these [Fm]stripes un[Gm]til the day I [Cm]die
But this ball and c[Ab]hain around my [Cm]leg
Wont drag me [Fm]down, wont drag me down
[Gm]When I am [Cm]dead
My mother prayed so hard for me
She did her time down on bended knees
But I was young and I had no fear
Her pleading voice still echoes in my ear
Dont let the beauty blind your eyes
This world is filled with discolored lies
For greener fields dont sell your soul
Youll think youre rich with a pocket of fools gold
Chorus
Id rather be in this dark cell
Than to be free and die and go to hell
God bless the day of my new birth
I dont have to pay the price that I deserve
Chorus
Ending:
And when Im [Ab]dead and take my [Cm]flight
Ill leave be[Fm]hind this [Gm]world of black and [Cm]white
Chords: Cm, Fm, Gm, Ab
(If you play with a capo on the 3rd fret, the chords are Am, Dm, Em, and F respectively)
[Cm]Oh, let me tell my story friend
That you might l[Fm]earn to s[Gm]tay away from [Cm]sin
[Cm]I took a life not mine to take
Imprisoned [Fm]for this [Gm]haunting dread mis[Cm]take
My heart was harder than my soul
They sentenced me to life without parole
Where no one cares, were all the same
And I must wear this number for my name
Chorus
Now life to [Ab]me is black and [Cm]white
Ill wear these [Fm]stripes un[Gm]til the day I [Cm]die
But this ball and c[Ab]hain around my [Cm]leg
Wont drag me [Fm]down, wont drag me down
[Gm]When I am [Cm]dead
My mother prayed so hard for me
She did her time down on bended knees
But I was young and I had no fear
Her pleading voice still echoes in my ear
Dont let the beauty blind your eyes
This world is filled with discolored lies
For greener fields dont sell your soul
Youll think youre rich with a pocket of fools gold
Chorus
Id rather be in this dark cell
Than to be free and die and go to hell
God bless the day of my new birth
I dont have to pay the price that I deserve
Chorus
Ending:
And when Im [Ab]dead and take my [Cm]flight
Ill leave be[Fm]hind this [Gm]world of black and [Cm]white
