Merle Haggard – I Made The Prison Band (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] G [Verse 1]
       G                                 D
Deep inside this lonely prison where the pleasures are so few

          D7                                                 G
Where the walls are strong and the days are long and there's nothing new

  G                                                     C
I learned to play the guitar and I'm a-doing the best I can

  C                G                        D      G
I guess I could be worse because I made the prison band

  G        D      G
I made the prison band
[Chorus]
                D                                  C                      G
Now there's old Bashful Bill on the doghouse bass, Willie on the steel guitar

   G                                               D
He hails from Pocatello and he drags a pretty mean bar

    G                                                          C
And back on the drum, there's Two-Time Tom, our rimshot temple man

    C                  G                              D      G
The boys call me their singing emcee since I made the prison band

  G        D      G
I made the prison band
[Solo] C G D G [Verse 2]
          G                                           D
I've been planning a break since Christmas, I had the details all worked out

    D                                    G
But now I know that I ain't gonna go and there's no doubt

  G                                                C
I had my try-out Sunday and the outcome changed my plan

  C                       G                                   D      G
I got to rehearse for the Friday night show 'cause I made the prison band

  G        D      G
I made the prison band
[Chorus]
                D                                  C                      G
Now there's old Bashful Bill on the doghouse bass, Willie on the steel guitar

   G                                               D
He hails from Pocatello and he drags a pretty mean bar

    G                                                          C
And back on the drum, there's Two-Time Tom, our rimshot temple man

    C                  G                              D      G
The boys call me their singing emcee since I made the prison band

  G        D      G
I made the prison band
[Outro] C D G