[Intro]
F# C# D#m C# B 6x
[Verse]
F# C#
Well I'm Goin' to a place where the tough guys go,
D#m C# B
and come out even tougher.
F# C#
A place where a man don't show his feelings,
D#m C# B
a place where a man don't cry.
F# C#
Well they say I'm being punished and they say
D#m C# B
I can be reformed, but someday I'll return.
F# C#
Did they really think that this time it'd work?
D#m C# B
You knew all along it wouldn't!
[Chorus]
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
I did a crime one too many times.
F#
It's on the outskirts of town,
C#
by the railroad tracks,
D#m C# B
where the country moon shines.
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
tell my girl I'll be back one day.
F# C# D#m C# B
Oh, I'm prison bound, I may never know any other,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way.
[Verse]
F# C#
Well they take away my freedom of expression
D#m C# B
and action, but Johnny says I walk the line.
F# C#
With three hots and a cot, and allot of talk
D#m C# B
that locks up concrete and steel
F# C#
Well it's cold and it's clammy, and it's colder
D#m C# B
than a pimp's heart, but I've gotta do my time.
F#
There's a lesson to be learned here,
C# D#m C# B
but what a price to pay, you know, I may never learn
[Chorus]
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
I did a crime one too many times.
F#
It's on the outskirts of town,
C#
by the railroad tracks,
D#m C# B
where the country moon shines.
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
tell my girl I'll be back one day.
F# C# D#m C# B
Oh, I'm prison bound, I may never know any other,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way.
[Solo]
F# C# D#m C# B 8x
[Chorus]
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
I did a crime one too many times.
F#
It's on the outskirts of town,
C#
by the railroad tracks,
D#m C# B
where the country moon shines.
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
tell my girl I'll be back one day.
F# C# D#m C# B
Oh, I'm prison bound, I may never know any other,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way.
[Outro]
F#~ C#~ D#m~ B~
F# F#~
any other way.
[Intro]
F# C# D#m C# B 6x
[Verse]
F# Well I'm Goin' to a place
C#
where the tough guys go,
D#m C# B
and come out even tougher.
F# A place where a man
C#
don't show his feelings,
D#m C# B
a place where a man don't cry.
F# Well they say I'm being
C#
punished and they say
I can be reformed, but
D#m C# B
someday I'll return.
F# Did they really think
C#
that this time it'd work?
D#m C# B
You knew all along it wouldn't!
[Chorus]
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
I did a crime one too many times.
F#
It's on the outskirts of town,
C#
by the railroad tracks,
D#m C# B
where the country moon shines.
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
tell my girl I'll be back one day.
F# C# Oh, I'm prison bound, I
D#m C# B
may never know any other,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way.
[Verse]
F# Well they take away
C#
my freedom of expression
D#m and action, but Johnny
C# B
says I walk the line.
F# With three hots and
C#
a cot, and allot of talk
D#m C# B
that locks up concrete and steel
F# Well it's cold and it's
C#
clammy, and it's colder
than a pimp's heart, but
D#m C# B
I've gotta do my time.
F#
There's a lesson
to be learned here,
C# but what a price to pay,
D#m C# B
you know, I may never learn
[Chorus]
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
I did a crime one too many times.
F#
It's on the outskirts of town,
C#
by the railroad tracks,
D#m C# B
where the country moon shines.
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
tell my girl I'll be back one day.
F# C# Oh, I'm prison bound, I
D#m C# B
may never know any other,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way.
[Solo]
F# C# D#m C# B 8x
[Chorus]
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
I did a crime one too many times.
F#
It's on the outskirts of town,
C#
by the railroad tracks,
D#m C# B
where the country moon shines.
F# C#
Oh, I'm prison bound,
D#m C# B
tell my girl I'll be back one day.
F# C# Oh, I'm prison bound, I
D#m C# B
may never know any other,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way,
F# C# D#m C# B
any other way.
[Outro]
F#~ C#~ D#m~ B~
F# F#~
any other way.