E|---------------3----3----|
B|--2/3\2\1p0----3--3------|
G|--3/4\3\2p0----0---------| x4
D|------------0--0---------|
A|---------------2---------|
E|---------------3------3--|
[Verse 1]
G C
Swaying, it's a hard decision am I gonna leave this prison
C G
If they tell me one more time to get in line, I'm gonna breakaway
G C
But I'm sure that every single prison guard that walks around this prison yard
C G G
Is gonna have a shot at me if he sees me running for the gate
[Verse 2]
C
I'd be better off dead, full of lead, rather than delay one more day
G
Letting my mind and my body rot away in this awful place
C
I'd be floating way up so high looking down
At all my buddies saying, “You chumps, you suckers
G
I hope one day you can find the guts to escape”
[Verse 3]
G C
Well, you might say, “How come you so sure heaven's where you're going?
G
You ain't exactly been showin' the ways of an angel, glory bound”
C
I must admit you got a point, but I got a feeling the ceiling ain't so far
G
And Yahweh just may want a couple words with yours truly
[Verse 4]
D C
So I'll be walking right up to those big pearly gates, saying, “Hey Saint Peter, ol' Buddy, ol' pal
G
How's the family, how's work, how's the kids?
What do you say, how's about crackin' those gates?
D G
And lettin' a fine upstanding fellow like myself join the club?”
[Verse 5]
G C
And he might say, “Ah, Mr. Avett you can save it, I ain't gonna be buying any of that lyin’, jive, hustlin'
Boldfaced, fake conman nonsense that you used to get by with
G
Down there on Earth
[Verse 6]
G C
And I'll say, “Come on, surely you and God of all people ought to know
I was innocent of those crimes, I told you so
Every night by myself in that cell
G
Surrounded by nothing but grey and quiet”
[Outro]
G C
Well dear God, maybe I should just be talking straight to you
G
The truth is I lost my way somewhere along the way
C
And if you got a minute would you spend it with a sinner?
G
Just long enough to give me some directions home
