Chords for Allan Caswell - On The Inside (Prisoner 40th anniversary)

_ _ _ _ He said he didn't always look like a cowboy, but that's a good thing.
So, [Eb] Lin Hamilton is still around, is he?
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] Yeah, Lin got out of the [Eb] music business and became a minister.
She's got her own [A] church up on the [C] Gold Coast.
[A] And she credits [F] on the inside with [A] this God's work, giving [Eb] her a profile.
[Ab] There you go.
[G] I wonder if she still [Eb] has the song for you?
So, when you were writing, were you [G] commissioned to write the [Ab] song, or was the song already there?
Here's a secret.
The original [Bb] song that they were going to use _ _ was_
And then Chris Gilby, who's a publisher, [Abm] had a very good one.
[A] _ _ _ [G] He said, [F] _ _
well, I hope you've got a big wallet.
Yeah, exactly.
For the royalties.
[G] So, he said, you'd be [N] much better getting your own song.
And when you were writing it, did the words come first, or did the music come first?
Do it all at the same time.
And [Ab] what made you choose that image of the roses?
There was a scene.
[F] I had [N] the _ scene _ where he [Cm] was cutting [Eb] a rose up, and the rose was going into a commercial break.
And I mean, I wrote on the inside as a love song, because [Bb] I figured if they didn't use it, I could use it somewhere else. _ _
But I'm kind of pleased I did, because prior to that, I'd had one [G] song recorded, and now I've got 700 [Ab] in my head.
[A] And so, for you and [N] us?
If it happened for you guys, I'd probably still be working in the public service.
Oh, so we've saved you from that.
We've saved my career.
Well, Alan is going to_
we're all going to get a chance to [Ab] sing the [G] song together.
And Cassie was saying, oh, we'll put word sheets out.
I think [N] _ they'll all know.
We might know the words, but you do, don't you?
[C] So Alan's going to [Gb] sing it through once, [D] and then we're all going to sing it [C] together.
Are you ready?
Let's go.
I _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Am] used to give roses. _
_ _ [G] _ I wish I [C] could again.
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ That [C] was [E] on the [Dm] outside, _ _ [G] _ and things were [C] different then.
[E] _ _ [C] _ We built our world [Dm] together, _ _ _ [Em]
with a love so clear and strong.
_ _ [Am] _
_ That was [D] on the outside.
[Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ Where did I go [C] wrong?
On the [D] inside, the [Dm] sun still [G] shines, and the rain [C] falls _ [Am] down.
But the sun and rain are prisoners too.
_ [G] _ When morning [C] comes around.
[D] _
_ _ [C] Last night I dreamed we were [Am]
together.
_ _ [G] _ _ Sharing all the love [C] we'd known.
[B] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [C] Until I had to [Dm] face the nightmare _ of [G] _ _
waking up [C] alone.
On the inside, [D] the sun [F] still [G] shines, and the [C] rain falls _ down.
[Am] _ [C] But the sun and rain [Am] are prisoners too.
_ [G] _ _
When morning comes [C] around.
On the [F] inside, the roses grow.
[G] They don't mind [C] the stormy ground.
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ [C] But the roses [Dm] still are prisoners too.
_ [G] _ _
When morning comes [C] around.
_ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ I used [Dm] to give roses. _ _ _
[G] _ I wish I could [C] again.
_ [G] _
_ [A] _ That [C] was [Dm] on the outside, _ _ [G] _ _ and things were [C] different then.
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [N] _