Regina Spektor – Prisoners (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Intro Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Quite similar to Oedipus, chord wise.
Kind of simplified to make sure it's playable on guitar.
Chords:
Am x02210
G/C x30003
Dm7 xx0211
Fdim xx3101
F 133211
E 022100
E7/G# 420100
C x32010
Fsus2 133011
Fmaj7 133210
F/C x33211
G/F 1x0003
Cadd11 x32011
Dm/C x3x231
Fadd9/C x332x3
C6 x35555
D7sus2 xx0210
Am/E xx2210
[Intro]
| Am | G/C | Dm7 | Fdim |
| Am | G/C | Dm7 | E |
| F | Am | E | E7/G# |
| Dm7 | F | E | E7/G# |
[Verse 1]
Am G/C Dm7 Fdim All of the prisoners serving life sentences Am G/C Dm7 E Wait for the earth to suddenly shake F Am E E7/G# For the walls to somehow suddenly come crumbling, tumbling and Dm7 F E E7/G# For the bars to somehow magically break
[Verse 2]
Am G/C Oh, there's nothing wrong with them Dm7 Fdim That a thousand bucks can't fix Am G/C Dm7 E F That a thousand arms can't hold do- own Am E E7/G# In the ground they're tattooing the stones with Dm7 F E E7/G# Cusses like cavemen, "Your momma was here"
[Chorus]
F Fsus2 C But they want to run through the air with no barriers or obstacles F G/F C Gunmen or guard dogs or priests F Fmaj7 Cmaj11 F/C And to rise from the mud and start over and over Cadd11 Dm/C Fadd9/C With the people all dead, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
[Verse 3]
Am G/C Dm7 Fdim If Hans Christian Andersen could've had his way with me Am G/C Dm7 E Then none of this shit would have ever gone do- own F Am E E7/G# In my cell, I'm tattooing myself with Dm7 F E E7/G# Mermaids and swallows and though I do swallow F Am E E7/G# My mama thinks I'm grown but I'm really just little and
[Outro]
Am C6 D7sus2 Am/E Fmaj7 Am E E7/G# Someday I will re mem- be- er Am C6 D7sus2 Am/E Fmaj7 Am E E7/G# Someday I will re mem- be- er Am C6 D7sus2 Am/E Fmaj7 Am E E7/G# Someday I will re mem- be- er Am Ah ah ah ah ah ah C6 Ah ah ah ah ah ah D7sus2 Ah ah ah ah ah ah Am/E Ah ah ah ah ah ah Fmaj7 Ah ah ah ah ah ah Am Ah ah ah ah ah ah E Ah ah ah ah ah ah E7/G# Am Ah ah ah ah ah ah