Graham Nash - Prison Songadd

          Gm
One day a friend took me aside
                     Cm
and said, "I have to leave you.
           Gm
For buying something from a friend
                     Dm      D7
They say I have done wrong.
       Gm
For protecting the name of a man
                      Cm7
they say I'll have to leave you.
           Gm              Dm                Cm7    Gm
So now I'm bidding you farewell for much too long.

             Gm                     Cm7
And here's a song to sing for every man inside.
          Gm                         Dm     D7
If he can hear you sing it's an open door.
              Gm                          Cm7
There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way
            Gm                Dm                 Cm7    Gm
and buy the freedom, that's a high price for the poor.

Gm9          Dm76         Gm9              Dm       D7
Kids in Texas, smoking grass, ten year sentence, comes to pass.
Gm9       Dm76        Gm9          Dm       D7
Misdemeanor in Ann Arbor, ask the judges why?

        Gm
Another friend said to her kids
                  Cm
I'm gonna have to leave you
            Gm
For selling something to the man
              Dm     D7
I guess I did wrong.
               Gm
And although I did the best I could
                  Cm7
I'm gonna have to leave you.
           Gm              Dm          Cm7    Gm
So now I'm kissing you farewell for much too long.

             Gm                     Cm7
And here's a song to sing for every man inside.
          Gm                         Dm     D7
If he can hear you sing it's an open door.
              Gm                          Cm7
There's not a rich man there who couldn't pay his way
            Gm                Dm      Cm7    Gm7
and buy the freedom, that's a high price for the poor.