Key: C
Introduction:
Am Am/B C G
He's twenty one and jealous of the shadow outside the fence
C G D
Got a bible from his cellmate he's seachin' for a 2nd chance
Am Am/B C G
Hopes than he can make it outside before his little girl learns to talk
C G C D
Hopes he can get it all figured out' before the judge says that he can walk
Em C G
Cause it's hotwired, too tired from bein' who he's been
Em C G D
Car theft, what's left he ain't ever goin' back again
C C/B G C C/B G
He ain't never goin' back to tie himself to the whippin' pole
F C G
His American dream's like the county line sign that he shot full of holes
And 2-4 don't seem like much till you're stuck in an 8X10