Eddie Noack – Invisible Stripes (Guitar)
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Three (3) versions:
1961 demo version - Track 22 of 35 on the album "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Disc 3]" (2012)
1961 studio version - Track 27 of 35 on the album "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Disc 3]" (2012)
1968 studio version - Track 2 of 24 on the album "Psycho - The K-Ark and Allstar Recordings 1962-1969" (2013)
Track 3 of 65 on the album "Presenting Eddie Noack"
B-side on the single "Psycho" (1968)
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[!] 1961 demo version [!]
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D G D They gave me a suit and a twenty dollar bill when I left the penitentiary D E A7 Then they threw open wide those big iron gates and they said they had rehabilitated me D G D But society doesn't feel the same, I guess I'm doomed for life G D A7 D And they say I got no one but myself to blame because I wear invisible stripes
[Chorus]
G D Well, a twenty dollar bill won't buy me my fill of all the things I've wanted all my life G A7 D And a brand new double-breasted blue [???] suit won't hide invisible stripes
[Verse 2]
D G D No matter where I go, they say it ain't no go, they don't want an ex-convict around D E A7 So I'm broke all the time and they say that I'm a menace to the decent people in town D G D The twenty dollar bill is in somebody's till and the suit doesn't look brand new G D A7 D It doesn't seem that fate is gonna let me go straight with invisible stripes a-showing through
[Chorus]
G D I'd give my life for a home and a wife and a chance to show I can do right G A7 D But I'm hardly hired before they say I'm fired, they've seen invisible stripes
[Verse 3]
D G D I dreamed through the years of sweat and tears of how life on the outside would be D E A7 And that old prison yard didn't seem so hard when I'd think of the day I'd be free D G D Well, I'm finally free but nobody wants me and I'm traveling this road that's right G D A7 D I've tried to pay my debt but they won't let me forget this suit of invisible stripes
[Chorus]
G D I'd give back the suit and the twenty dollar bill if the warden took me back for life G A7 D A7 I'm tired of leaving town and I can't live down my suit of invisible stripes
D A7 D
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[!] 1961 studio version [!]
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[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D G D They gave me a suit and a twenty dollar bill when I left the penitentiary D E A7 Then they swung open wide those big iron gates, they said they had rehabilitated me D G D But society doesn't feel the same, I've lost my home and my wife G D A7 D And they say I've got no one but myself to blame 'cause I wear invisible stripes
[Chorus]
G D A twenty dollar bill won't buy me my fill of all the things I've wanted all my life G A7 D And a brand new double-breasted blue [???] suit won't hide these invisible stripes
[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
D# G# D# No matter where I go, they say it ain't no go, they don't want an ex-convict around D# F A#7 So I'm broke all the time and they say that I'm a menace to the decent people in town D# G# D# The twenty dollar bill is in somebody's till and the suit doesn't look brand new G# D# A#7 D# It doesn't seem that fate is gonna let me go straight, these invisible stripes are showing through
[Chorus]
G# D# I'd give my life for a home and a wife and a chance to show I can do right G# A#7 D# But I'm hardly hired before they say I'm fired, they've seen these invisible stripes
[Interlude]
D#
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[Verse 3]
E A E I dreamed through the years of sweat and tears of how life on the outside would be E F#7 B7 And that old prison yard didn't seem so hard when I'd think of the day I'd be free E A E I'm finally free but nobody wants me and I'm traveling the road that's right A E B7 E I've tried to pay my debt but they won't let me forget this suit of invisible stripes
[Chorus]
A E I'd give back the suit and the twenty dollar bill if the warden took me back for life A B7 E I'm tired of leaving town and I can't live down this suit of invisible stripes
[Outro]
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[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D G D They gave me a suit and a twenty dollar bill when I left the penitentiary D E A7 Then they swung open wide those big iron gates and said they had rehabilitated me D G D But society doesn't feel the same, I've lost my home and my wife G D A7 D And they say I got no one but myself to blame 'cause I wear these invisible stripes
[Chorus]
G D A twenty dollar bill won't buy me my fill of all the things I've wanted all my life G A7 D And a brand new prison-made three-button suit won't hide these invisible stripes
[Verse 2]
D G D No matter where I go, they say there ain't no dough, they don't want an ex-convict around D E A7 So I'm broke all the time and they say that I'm a menace to the decent people in town D G D A twenty dollar bill is in somebody's till and the suit doesn't look brand new G D A7 D It doesn't seem that fate is gonna let me go straight, these invisible stripes show through
[Chorus]
G D I'd give my life for a home and a wife and a chance to show I can do right G A7 D But I'm hardly hired before they say I'm fired, they've seen these invisible stripes
[Verse 3]
D G D I dreamed through the years of sweat and tears of how life on the outside would be D E A7 And that old prison yard didn't seem so hard when I'd think of the day I'd be free D G D I'm finally free but nobody wants me and I'm a-traveling the road that's right G D A7 D I've tried to pay my debt but they won't let me forget this suit of invisible stripes
[Chorus]
G D A twenty dollar bill won't buy me my fill of all the things I've wanted all my life G A7 D And a brand new prison-made three-button suit won't hide these invisible stripes
D A7 D