England Dan & John Ford Coley – The Prisoner (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] Bm - Bm7/4 - Bm - Bm7/4 - Bm - Bm7/4 - Bm (x2)
Bm
Take us to the prisoner

       Bm/A
Let us gaze into his eyes

   G                D9/F#
To see what kind of man

           Em           C
It takes a nation to despise

Bm
Take us to the prisoner

       Bm/A
Let us look upon his face

   G              D9/F#
To see why twenty thousand men

      Em               C - C7M - C
Would gladly take his place

        G
Won't someone give a drink to him?

   D/F#               Em            C
Remove the chains and let him live

           G - G4 - G - G4 - G - G4 - G
Let him live

Bm
Take us to the prisoner

       Bm/A
Let us listen to his voice

   G                D9/F#
To see why worlds of wisdom's

      Em              C
In a cell without a choice

Bm
Take us to the prisoner

         Bm/A
Torn and bent beneath the chains

   G             D9/F#
We wonder if the world is really

 Em            C - C7M - C
Worthy of his name?

        G
Won't someone give a drink to him?

   D/F#               Em            C
Remove the chains and let him live

           G - G4 - G - G4 - G - G4 - G
Let him live

Cm
We know where we're going
For we heard the new winds blowing
           G            D/F#          Em     G
And we're got to know,        for ourselves

          C                         F
It won't help to listen to someone else
[Solo]
Bm
Take us to the prisoner

         Bm/A
With his eyes so full of grace

       G
The priests have lied

    D9/F#
And kings have died

        Em                 C - C7M - C
Filled with their own disgrace

        G
Won't someone give a drink to him?

   D/F#               Em            C
Remove the chains and let him live

           G - G4 - G - G4 - G - G
Let him live

           G - G4 - G - G4 - G - G
Let him live

           G
Let him live