Key: C
Introduction:
C F C
I've never been a religious man
G
I never went to church as a kid
C F C
This here damn mess that I got myself in
G C
Now kinda wish that I did
C F C
I got arrested when I was eighteen
G
Me and a few of my friends
C F C
They all got off but I didn't win
G C
I'll never be a free man again
C F C
Nobody know's where I am right now
G
I don't think that nobody care's
C F C
I've been here locked up in the prison downtown
G C
It's been my home three years
F C
I'm gonna be here the rest of my life
G
Put away in this lonely old cell
C F C
One day I'm afraid I'm gonna wake up in hell
G C
Jesus can you get me out of jail
C F C
When I was young I had dreams, goals in my life
G
Things I always knew I would do
C F C
Like have a house and a wife, a child or two
G C
These dreams will now never come true
F C
I'm gonna be here the rest of my life
G
Put away in this lonely old cell
C F C
One day I'm afraid I'm gonna wake up in hell
G C
Jesus can you get me out of jail
C F C
I always wondered when my time come's
G
Wich way I'm gonna go
C E F C
Well I hope that I can fly high up above
G C A C
Cause I don't want to burn down below
F C
I'm gonna be here the rest of my life
G
Put away in this lonely old cell
C F C
One day I'm afraid I'm gonna wake up in hell
G C
Jesus can you get me out of jail
Some men are good some men are bad