Graham Nash - Prison Songadd

          Cm
One day a friend took me aside
                     Fm
and said, "I have to leave you.
           Cm
For buying something from a friend
                     Gm      G7
They say I have done wrong.
       Cm
For protecting the name of a man
                      Fm7
they say I'll have to leave you.
           Cm              Gm                Fm7    Cm
So now I'm bidding you farewell for much too long.

             Cm                     Fm7
And here's a song to sing for every man inside.
          Cm                         Gm     G7
If he can hear you sing it's an open door.
              Cm                          Fm7
There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way
            Cm                Gm                 Fm7    Cm
and buy the freedom, that's a high price for the poor.

Cm9          Dm76         Cm9              Gm       G7
Kids in Texas, smoking grass, ten year sentence, comes to pass.
Cm9       Dm76        Cm9          Gm       G7
Misdemeanor in Ann Arbor, ask the judges why?

        Cm
Another friend said to her kids
                  Fm
I'm gonna have to leave you
            Cm
For selling something to the man
              Gm     G7
I guess I did wrong.
               Cm
And although I did the best I could
                  Fm7
I'm gonna have to leave you.
           Cm              Gm          Fm7    Cm
So now I'm kissing you farewell for much too long.

             Cm                     Fm7
And here's a song to sing for every man inside.
          Cm                         Gm     G7
If he can hear you sing it's an open door.
              Cm                          Fm7
There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way
            Cm                Gm      Fm7    Cm7
and buy the freedom, that's a high price for the poor.