Standard (EADGBE)

 Key:

Chords used:

Intro

Gm--Bb-F-Gm--Bb-Eb-Gm--Bb-F, Eb--F

Verse 1

 slightly bruised and

 a little bit used

 I never thought

 they'd be so amused

Brother’s bond broken

by the bailiff

For the first time

Prison blues

 gotta pay my dues

Now I know I'll

never be refused

Chorus 1

If I If I

 If I die inside

Would anyone realize?

If I If I

 If I die inside

Would anyone realize?

I lived a lie

Interlude

Gm--Bb-F-Gm--Bb-Eb-Gm

Verse 2

Chains and stripes

 I ain't gonna

 sleep tonight

this is no way for

 a man to live his life

Paranoid on the

prison yard pavement

For the first time

So I serve time

 for my addiction

I pay the price

 for my affliction

 The judge took my life

 with his conviction

For the last time

(hold)

Lights out lock down

don't make a sound

Lights out lock down

Chorus 2

If I If I

 If I die inside

Would anyone realize?

If I If I

 If I did not the crime

Would would I

 serve the time

I lived a lie

Interlude

Gm--F--Eb-Bb/D

Bridge

Someone's behind the

drum set in my head

Thumping a different beat

 myself to the sound

 of the walking dead

Rinse ‘n' repeat

Someone's behind the

drum set in my head

 in my head

If I If I

 If I die yeah

(Repeat Chorus 2)

Outro

Gm--Bb-F x2, Gm(hold)