Rocky Votolato – Prison Is Private Property A Life Of Your Own (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Chords

[Verse 1]
Bm
The have-nots have had enough and now they're out to kill the king

          Bm/A
Of what looks to be an evil empire where
Short-term earnings mean everything
            F#m
There's a pressure to deliver here

         B/F#                                Bm
You're gonna get hurt if you don't play this game

                                             Bm/A
Nobody you'll ever know just the CEO to the CFO
If you can work some magic we'll double our paychecks Make the numbers look right
F#m
Wall Street is a ruthless mistress

           B/F#
With a quick and painful judgment
[Verse 2]
Bm
Temptation's in deep now
Threads of greed run through this fabric
           Bm/A
Weaving tapestries over your eyes
To prepare the landscapes for disaster
F#m
Anthrax or a plane crash

     B/F#                     Bm
Biochemical or even nuclear attacks
Integrity's too damn expensive
                                        Bm/A
Discount the price but nobody's buying still

                                                            F#m
So come up with the money boys or you'll be choking on a barrel
[Pre-Chorus]
              B/F#
And it just might be your own finger

 G                  Bm
Squeezing on the trigger

G                F#
Calling the reinforcements
[Chorus]
Bm                         G
You're working hard on a life of your own

D                          A
Three square meals and a place to call home

     Em                     G
The American dream can be found here

                         F#    G    A
If you keep your mouth closed

          Bm                                 G
But the teeth you keep clenched is what's killing the chance

     D                     A
Your mouth is watering as you imagine

    Em               G
Swallowing each new possession

            F#    G    A    Bm   A  G  F# Em  G  F#
Building a prison
[Verse 3]
 Bm
You'll think there's a place where you've made it
You've searched for this your whole life
Bm/A
New answers will satisfy
Then you realize it's never enough
F#m                                 B/F#
That's the slickest marketing I've ever seen

              Bm
A spiraling trap
With enough ambition and a firm set of rules You can have anything you want
Bm/A
You can walk right out into the world

                      F#m
And capture and kill God

                       B/F#
In a little box or a little book

            Bm
To be understood
[Verse 4] But no one can argue with the good
                                     Bm/A
Sense and strength of a solid foundation
Or with the weakness born when corruption
                             F#m
Is the rule and not the exception

                       B/F#                        Bm
I'm trying hard to forget everything I thought I knew

                                                          Bm/A
You've climbed much too high to let the truth stop you now

                                                                F#m
Or to concern yourself with the investments of lesser honest men

                   B/F#
The ladder's been brutal
[Pre-Chorus]
                                  Bm
But the payoff is just around the corner

Bm/A              F#
Calling the reinforcements
[Chorus]
Bm                        G
You're working hard on a life of your own

D                        A
Three square meals and a place to call home

Em                              G                               F#    G    A
But you keep getting lost each time you walk out of your front door

Bm                                G
Me, I got a family, I know real well what it means

    D                                     A
To make sure there's enough food on the table each day

            Em                  G                   F#      
But I'd rather starve than be a whore for an empty levee
G A G A Bm A G F# Em G F# G Bm