[Verse]
[G]There was a mountain on the table of [D]bills that needed paid
[Emin]Dishes in the kitchen sink like [C]dreams that never fade.
[G]A wild imagination, [D]convicts in the yard,
[Emin]Never enough time to make ends [C]meet
So they put it on a credit card[G], [D]don't we all[Emin]?[C]
[Verse]
Y[C]ou may not know j[G]ust where you came from, b[D]ut once upon a time
There was[Emin] a carpenter, a bartender, [C]a broken fishing line.
[G]Just south of Royalty in the [D]town that I came from,
There were[Emin] architects and astronauts
But the[C] only one she loved was a prison guard. [G] [D] [Emin]Uhm h[C]m
[Chorus]
And that's the[Emin] only time I [Amin7]ever saw true l[D]ove.
[Chorus]
[G]America's a[D] girl I liked in[Emin] Georgia[G]
[C]London kept me[G] warm up in [D]Eugene.
I guess my[G] mother bles[D]s her heart,
[Emin]Set the bar too high t[G]o start.
'Cause[Amin7] finding love for [G]me is just too [Emin]hard
[D]For a son of a prison guard.
[Interlude]
G D Emin C 1x
[Verse]
There'[G]s a gate that needed painting,[D] clothes that needed clean.
They'd say there'[Emin]s time enough for that when the[C] fun has all been seen.
'Cause when we're[G] laying on our death bed,[D] a promise we won't say
W[Emin]ish we would have worked more, [C]baby
Instead of loving you that wa[G]y,[D] no wa[Emin]y.[C]
[Chorus]
And that's the[Emin] only time I [Amin7]ever saw true l[D]ove.
[Verse]
[G]Sigourney is a[D] girl I met in[Emin] Brooklyn[G]
[C]Paris got me[G] close in New O[D]rleans
I guess my[G] mother bless her[D] heart,
Set the[Emin] bar too high to [G]start.
'Cause [Amin7]finding love for[G] me is just too [Emin]hard
For a[D] son of a prison guard.[Emin]
[Break]
I[Emin] go wherever you are,[D] whoever you are[C]
I[C] go wherever you are, whoever you are[Emin]
I[Emin] go wherever you are,[D] whoever you are[C]
I[C] go wherever you are.
[Verse]
[G]Betty is a[D] girl I knew i[Emin]n Charlotte[G]
[C]Jordan left for[G] Sydney yes[D]terday.
I guess my[G] mother bless her [D]heart,
Set the[Emin] bar too high to[G] start.
'Caus[Amin7]e finding love for[G] me is just too[Emin] hard
D G End on G
For a son of a prison guard.
[G]There was a mountain on the table of [D]bills that needed paid
[Emin]Dishes in the kitchen sink like [C]dreams that never fade.
[G]A wild imagination, [D]convicts in the yard,
[Emin]Never enough time to make ends [C]meet
So they put it on a credit card[G], [D]don't we all[Emin]?[C]
[Verse]
Y[C]ou may not know j[G]ust where you came from, b[D]ut once upon a time
There was[Emin] a carpenter, a bartender, [C]a broken fishing line.
[G]Just south of Royalty in the [D]town that I came from,
There were[Emin] architects and astronauts
But the[C] only one she loved was a prison guard. [G] [D] [Emin]Uhm h[C]m
[Chorus]
And that's the[Emin] only time I [Amin7]ever saw true l[D]ove.
[Chorus]
[G]America's a[D] girl I liked in[Emin] Georgia[G]
[C]London kept me[G] warm up in [D]Eugene.
I guess my[G] mother bles[D]s her heart,
[Emin]Set the bar too high t[G]o start.
'Cause[Amin7] finding love for [G]me is just too [Emin]hard
[D]For a son of a prison guard.
[Interlude]
G D Emin C 1x
[Verse]
There'[G]s a gate that needed painting,[D] clothes that needed clean.
They'd say there'[Emin]s time enough for that when the[C] fun has all been seen.
'Cause when we're[G] laying on our death bed,[D] a promise we won't say
W[Emin]ish we would have worked more, [C]baby
Instead of loving you that wa[G]y,[D] no wa[Emin]y.[C]
[Chorus]
And that's the[Emin] only time I [Amin7]ever saw true l[D]ove.
[Verse]
[G]Sigourney is a[D] girl I met in[Emin] Brooklyn[G]
[C]Paris got me[G] close in New O[D]rleans
I guess my[G] mother bless her[D] heart,
Set the[Emin] bar too high to [G]start.
'Cause [Amin7]finding love for[G] me is just too [Emin]hard
For a[D] son of a prison guard.[Emin]
[Break]
I[Emin] go wherever you are,[D] whoever you are[C]
I[C] go wherever you are, whoever you are[Emin]
I[Emin] go wherever you are,[D] whoever you are[C]
I[C] go wherever you are.
[Verse]
[G]Betty is a[D] girl I knew i[Emin]n Charlotte[G]
[C]Jordan left for[G] Sydney yes[D]terday.
I guess my[G] mother bless her [D]heart,
Set the[Emin] bar too high to[G] start.
'Caus[Amin7]e finding love for[G] me is just too[Emin] hard
D G End on G
For a son of a prison guard.
