Chords for Merle Haggard - Branded Man (Live)

[G] Let's give him a big hand, how about it everybody? _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'd like to hold my head up
[C] And be proud of who [G] I am
But they won't let my secret go [D] _ _ [A] untold
[D] _ _ _
[G] I paid the debt I owed them
[C] But they're still not [G] satisfied _ _
Now I'm a branded [D] man [G] out in the cold
_ _ When they let me out of prison
I [C] held my head [G] up high _
_ Determined I would rise above [D] the shame
[A] _ [D] _ But _
[G] no matter where I travel
[C] The black mark [G] follows me
And I'm branded [D] with a number on [G] my name
_ I'd _ _ like to hold my head up
[C] And be proud of who [G] I am _
But they won't let my secret [D] go _ [A] untold
[D] I _ _ _
[G] _ paid the debt I owed them _
[C] But they're still not [G] satisfied _ _
Now I'm a [D] branded man [G] out in the cold _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ If I live to be a hundred
I [C] guess I'll never clear [G] my name _
Cause everybody _ knows I've been [D] in [A] jail
_ [D] No _ _
[G] matter where I'm living
I [C] got to tell them where [G] I've been _
They'll send me back [D] to prison if [G] I _ fail _ _ _
I'd like to hold my head up
And [C] be proud of who [G] I am _
But they won't let my secret go [D] _ [A] untold
_ [D] _ _ [G] I paid the debt I owed them
[C] But they're still not [G] satisfied _ _
Now I'm a branded [D] man out [G] in the cold
_ _ _ _ Now I'm a branded [D] man [G] out in the cold _ _ _ _ _ _ _