| Am | |
| One day a | friend took me aside |
| Dm | |
| and said, "I have to | leave you. |
| Am | |
| For buying | something from a friend |
| Em | E7 | |
| They say I have done | wrong. |
| Am | |
| For pro | tecting the name of a man |
| Dm7 | |
| they say I'll have to | leave you. |
| Am | Em | Dm7 | Am | |
| So now I'm | bidding you fare | well for much too | long. |
| Am | Dm7 | |
| And here's a | song to sing for every | man inside. |
| Am | Em | E7 | |
| If he can | hear you sing it's an open | door. |
| Am | Dm7 | |
| There's not a | rich man there who couldn't | pay his way |
| Am | Em | Dm7 | Am | |
| and buy the | freedom, that's a | high price for the | poor. |
| Am(9 | Dm7(6 | Am(9 | Em | E7 | |
| Kids in Texas, | smoking grass, | ten year sentence, | comes to | pass. |
| Am(9 | Dm7(6 | Am(9 | Em | E7 | |
| Misdemeanor | in Ann Arbor, | ask the judges | why? |
| Am | |
| Another | friend said to her kids |
| Dm | |
| I'm gonna have to | leave you |
| Am | |
| For selling | something to the man |
| Em | E7 | |
| I guess I did | wrong. |
| Am | |
| And although I | did the best I could |
| Dm7 | |
| I'm gonna have to | leave you. |
| Am | Em | Dm7 | Am | |
| So now I'm | kissing you fare | well for much too | long. |
| Am | Dm7 | |
| And here's a | song to sing for every | man inside. |
| Am | Em | E7 | |
| If he can | hear you sing it's an open | door. |
| Am | Dm7 | |
| There's not a | rich man there who couldn't | pay his way |
| Am | Em | Dm7 | Am7 | |
| and buy the | freedom, that's a | high price for the | poor. |
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