Intro: G-Am-C-G-G Bm-Am-C-G-G
Come [G]sit down
beside me
And [C]listen a
[G]while - G
I’ll [G]tell
you my story
It won’t make
you [D]smile -D
There’s a
[G]place in my heart
And a [C]time I
hold [G]dear - G
The [G]home where
I lived
Long be[D]fore I
came [G]here -G
But [G]I was a young
lad
Not too [C]good,
not too [G]bad - G
I [G]just took for
granted
The things that
I [D]had -D
I [G]left them behind
me
New [C]places to
[G]see - G
For the [G]cold
city lights
Where I [D]wanted
to [G]be -G
Chorus
I re[C]member the valleys
And [G]mountains so green
The [C]meadows so golden,
Their [G]likes never [D]seen - D
Where the [G]wind blows so gently
A [C]sweet fragrance [G]smell
But there’s no gentle breeze
In this [D]cold prison [G]cell -G
I had [G]just turned
sixteen
When I [C]came to
this [G]town - G
In [G]search of
a good time
I wandered a[D]round
-D
Fell [G]in with
a bad crowd
Never [C]meaning
no [G]harm - G
Till the [G]hand
of misfortune
Took [D]me by the
[G]arm -G
But [G]time was
against me
My [C]luck running
[G]out - G
With my [G]face
to the rain
I just wandered
a[D]bout -D
A [G]cop came up
to me
And [C]asked me
my [G]name - G
But the [G]drugs
and the whiskey
Where [D]burning
my [G]brain -G
Chorus
Bridge G-G-D-G
The [G]knife in
my pocket
I [C]plunged in
his [G]side - G
On the [G]cold city
pavement
He stumbled and
[D]died -D
To the [G]haze in
my mind
The [C]sirens did
[G]wail - G
Till I [G]found
myself locked
I a [D]cold downtown
[G]jail -G
The [G]judge had
no mercy
When [C]he sentenced
[G]me - G
To a [G]life of
hard labour
In the peniten[D]tiary
- D
For the [G]crime
I committed
The [C]price I must
[G]pay - G
Till [G]the soul
in my body
Has [D]withered
a[G]way -G
Chorus
Outro: G-G-C-G
