Merle Haggard – Branded Man (Guitar)

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[Chorus]
G                                  C              G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am

                                  D  A  D
But they won't let my secret go untold

  G                                      C              G
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied

                  D              G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
[Verse 1]
G                                 C               G
When they let me out of prison, I held my head up high

                                  D  A  D
Determined I would rise above the shame

       G                            C                  G
But no matter where I'm living, the black mark follows me

                   D            G
I'm branded with a number on my name
[Chorus]
G                                  C              G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am

                                  D  A  D
But they won't let my secret go untold

  G                                      C              G
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied

                  D              G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
[Verse 2]
G                                      C              G
If I live to be a hundred,I guess I'll never clear my name

                                    D  A  D
'Cause everybody knows I've been in jail

   G                                    C               G
No matter where I'm living, I've got to tell them where I've been

                           D           G
Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail
[Chorus]
G                                  C              G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am

                                  D  A  D
But they won't let my secret go untold

  G                                      C              G
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied

                  D              G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold

                  D              G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold