| C | Em | C | |
| After seven years behind | these bars | together |
| C | Em | D7 | |
| I'll miss you more than a | brother when you go | when you go |
| Em | C | |
| If only I had not tried to escape |
| D | Em | |
| They'd barred me with you I know | yes I know |
| C | Em | C | |
| Won't you tell the folks back | home I'll soon be | coming |
| C | Em | D7 | |
| And don't let them know I | never will be free | be free |
| Em | C | |
| Sometimes write and tell me how they're doing |
| D | C | |
| And send a picture of mother back to me |
| D | C | |
| Say hello to Dad and shake his | poor hardworking hand |
| Em | C | |
| And send a picture of mother if you can |
| I'm happy for you that you got your freedom |
| But stay with me just another minute or so or so |
| After all this sweating blood together |
| Who'll be my fighting partner when you go when you go |
| The hardest time will be on Sunday morning |
| Church bells will ring on Heaven Hill Heaven Hill |
| Please ask Reverend Garrett to pray for me |
| And send a picture of mother if you will |
| Say hello to Dad and shake his poor hardworking hand |
| And send a picture of mother if you can |