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 branded with a n[D]umber on my n[G]ame.
(chorus)
[G]If I live to be a hundred, guess I[C]'ll never clear my n[G]ame,
'cause everybody knows I've been in j[D]ail.
No m[G]atter where I'm living, I've got to t[C]ell them where I've b[G]een,
or they'll send me back to pr[D]ison if I f[G]ail.
(chorus)
now I'm a branded m[D]an out in the c[G]old..
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