Chords for Bobby Sykes - The Guard On The North Wall

[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
North Wall, [C] all's well. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] There's a guard [C] on the north wall [Am] of this prison that holds me
And [C] he _ silently watches as I'm longing [Am] to be free
I wonder [F] if he really knows the [C] harm I've done _
[Am] _ _ [C] And I wonder if [F] that guard knows [C] he's my son _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ In the _ days of depression [Am] times were rough _
_ _ _ [C] Sometimes we had food but [Am] not enough _ _ _
_ _ [F] There's a lot of coward deep inside [C] of me
_ [A] _
I left [C] my wife, left my home and _ family _ _ _ _ [C#] North _ Wall _
_ I kept track of my family till [A#m] one day _ _
I watched [C#] the county as they laid my [A#m] wife away _ _
Then watched [F#] the judge give another man [C#] my _ [A#m] son
I knew [C#] I'd never live [F#] down this wrong [C#] I'd _ done _
_ Knew I'd never [F#] live down this [G#m] wrong I'd done
_ [C#] _
_ I'd disappeared down the _ alleyways [A#m] of time _ _
I took [C#] to running round committing _ [A#m] every crime _ _
_ Then [F#] one day I gunned the [C#] teller down
_ [A#m] _
While _ [C#] trying to rob [F#] the bank in [C#] my _ hometown _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ [D] _ _ North Wall
_ Now the sheriff and his posse took [Bm] me in _ _
The jury [D] gave me life in prison for my [G] sin
_ [Bm] _
_ But [G] somehow my life to me don't [D] seem so dear
[E] _
_ [D] With my son on that [G] wall and me [D] down _ here _
_ With my son [G] on that wall and [D] me down _ here
_ Now these walls hold a secret, [Em] them and [B] me _
_ [Bm] _ And no matter [D] how it turns out [Bm] I'll be free
_ _ _ _ [G] Across the yard I'll crawl
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ Trying [D] to get past [G] that North Wall [D] and my son
_ _ _ Trying to get past [G] that North Wall and [D] my _ son
_ [Bm] _ And I wonder [D] _
[G] if he knows
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _