| D | A | D | |
| Sp | ent too many ye | ars inside this pri | sion |
| G | D | A | |
| T | oo many years just f | or one little fi | ght |
| D | D7 | G | G7 | |
| He got what was c | omin and I t | hink I've served enough t | ime |
| D | A | G/D | |
| I | 'm goin h | ome to | night |
| D | A | |
| T | hat stone looks mighty c | old |
| Bm | D7 | |
| And the g | uard that walks that w | alk |
| G | D | A | |
| Is just wa | itin to get a con | vict in his si | ghts |
| D | D7 | G | G7 | |
| But if | I can clear the | top you can b | et I'll never s | top |
| D | A | G/D | |
| Ca | use I'm goin h | ome ton | ight |
| G | G7 | D | D7 | |
| Chorus: Because st | one walls do a pr | ision make and i | ron bars a c | age |
| D | Bm | A | |
| A | ny man that says they do | n'ts never been in | side |
| D | D7 | G | G7 | |
| Cause in t | ime the bars get cl | oser and at ni | ght the walls grow |
| tighter |
| D | A | G/D | |
| Till you f | eel like there's a sh | ackle around your | mind |
| D | D7 | G | D7 | |
| N | ow those guards are on my t | ail, I can h | ear those sire | ns wail |
| G | D | A | |
| But I k | now that I'll get a | way and that I'll be alr | ight |
| D | D7 | G | G7 | |
| Cause I'd ra | ther live on the r | un, stand f | ree in the mornin s | un |
| D | A7 | A | G/D | |
| Than to sp | end an | other lo | nely prision n | ight |
| Chorus: |