Graham Nash - Prison Songadd

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

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

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

        Fm
Another friend said to her kids
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I'm gonna have to leave you
            Fm
For selling something to the man
              Cm     C7
I guess I did wrong.
               Fm
And although I did the best I could
                  A#m7
I'm gonna have to leave you.
           Fm              Cm          A#m7    Fm
So now I'm kissing you farewell for much too long.

             Fm                     A#m7
And here's a song to sing for every man inside.
          Fm                         Cm     C7
If he can hear you sing it's an open door.
              Fm                          A#m7
There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way
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and buy the freedom, that's a high price for the poor.