Cummins Prison Farm Chords by Ted Taylor

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Let _ me _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ listen.
_ I was born _ _ [Em] _ in [C] Missouri.
[E] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [G]
Crossed the [B] _ line for [G] Arkansas.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] I was born _ _ [A] _ [C] in Missouri, yes I was.
_ [F] _ [G] Crossed the line _ for Arkansas. _
_ _ _ [E] I [D] didn't _ have _ _ [B] [C] any money, _ _ _ _ [G] so I got in trouble _ [D] _ with [G] the law.
_ _ _ _ Well, they sent [B]
me _ [D] _ _ [Db] [C] to prison, _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] but me no coming _ _ [E] in prison for.
Oh, _ _ _ [C] they sent me _ _ to _ _ [Gm] prison, _ _ [G] _ [Gm] but me no coming [Dm] _
_ _ [Em] _ [G] in prison [B] for. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [D] Down there, _ [Bm] people I [C] started to _ _ _ thinkin', _ [G] so I thought I'd tell y'all [Bbm] some of it in this song. _ _
_ _ _ I wasn't there _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] one day through, _ [A] _ [G] and I found out [E] if you [B] don't obey, _
_ [Cm] Yay, _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ people, [Eb] _
_ _ _ [G] if _ _ [Dm] _
_ you don't _ obey,
Oh, _ _ [E] _ [D] you wake up _ [Bm] _ [C] early one [C] morning _ [Am] and turn [G] your heart _ [B] _
in [D] an [G] awful _ [F] way.
_ _ Woo-wee! _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [E] Woo! _
_ Listen here.
[G] I said, [B] what _ good, [D] _ [C] what good man,
_ [A] _ [G] If you're free _
_ _ [C] from [G] these _ _ sins?
_ [Db] Oh, I'm [C] beggin' one, I'm beggin' [Gm] one, I'm beggin' [A] one of you [C] good men.
[Eb] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] Free _
[Dm] _ [E] from this [G] old me. _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [D] Well, the one, _ _ [Bm] he looked me [C] dead in my eyes.
_ He said, I'm [G] sorry son,
[B]
But down here we [D] got a whole lot [G] of good _ men.
_ Woo!
I said, coming, [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] [C] oh yeah,
[E] _
_ _ [G] _ Way down on Common, _ _ [E] _ _ prison [B] farm.
_ [Gb] _ [C] Way _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [C] down [Am] on _
[Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] Common, _
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ prison farm.
_ _ [Em] _ [D] Now you've _ heard _ [Bm] part [C] of my [E] story. _
_ _ [Am] _ [G] And I'm not, _
[F] _ [D] here I'm not [G] the only _ one.
Oh, _ for my coming, _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] oh yeah. _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [E] _ [G] Woo! _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
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