Standard (EADGBE)

 Chords: [xx5543]

  [xx0231], [xxx343]

  [xx3211]

  [xx5333]

Singing and Playing:

Verse1

You see my hands are steady

You've seen my face before

Soon you can take your last look

 And they'll close the door

I stand accused before you

I have no tears to cry

And you will never break me

 'Til the day I die!

Chorus

A criminal mind is all I

All I've ever known

They tried to reform me

 But I'm made of cold stone

My criminal mind is all I

All I've ever had

Ask one who's known me

 If I'm really so bad

 I !

Verse2

I've spent my life behind these steel bars

I've paid my debt in time

But being brought to justice

 That was my only crime

I don't regret a single action

I'd do the same again

These prison walls secure me

 And I'm numb to pain

Chorus

A criminal mind is all I

All I've ever known

They tried to reform me

 But I'm made of cold stone

My criminal mind is all I

All I've ever had

Ask one who's known me

 If I'm really so bad

 I !

Verse3

Before you hand me over

Before you read my sentence

I'd like to say a few words

 Here in my own defense

Some people struggle daily

They struggle with their conscience to the end

I have no guilt to haunt me

 I feel the wrong intent

Chorus

A criminal mind is all I

All I've ever known

Don't try to reform me

 Cuz I'm made of cold stone

My criminal mind is all I

All I've ever had

Ask one who's known me

 If I'm really so bad

 I !