Branded Man Merle Haggard Merle Haggard - Branded Man from the album Branded Man (1967) (chorus) [G]I'd like to hold my head up and be [C]proud of who I [G]am but they won't let my secret go unt[D]old. I [G]paid the debt I owed them, [C]but they're still not satisf[G]ied, now I'm a branded m[D]an out in the c[G]old, [G]When they let me out of prison, I h[C]eld my head up h[G]igh, determined I would rise above the sh[D]ame. But [G]no matter where I travel, the b[C]lack mark follows [G]me, I'm (tabcountry.com)