doin time Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
[Am]Judge asked me how do you plead

[Verse 2]
[Am]

[Verse 3]
Guilty your honor have mercy on me
[Am]
[D]Threw me inside the penitentiary
[C]

[Verse 4]
[D]
[Am]Charged me on a count of armed robbery

[Verse 5]
[Am]The [E]punishment fits the crime

[Verse 6]
[D]I’ll be here a while just doin' tim[Am]e

[Verse 7]
[Am]
I ain’t lookin forward to

[Verse 8]
the light of the day
[Am]
They put me in the middle of
a rowdy chain gang

[Verse 9]
[D]Bloodied hands but still
swingin' away
[C]

[Verse 10]
[D]
[Am]Breakin' up dirt and that Texas clay

[Verse 11]
[Am]The puni[E]shment fits the crime

[Verse 12]
[D]I’ll be here a while just doin' tim[Am]e

[Interlude 1]
[D][C][D][C]
[D][C][D][Am][D][C][D]
[C][D][C][D][E][D][Am]

[Verse 13]
Well [Am]two years have come

[Verse 14]
two years have gone
[Am]
I swear two years never felt
so long
[E][Am]

[Verse 15]
[D]Hopin' and a prayin' for
a shot at parole
[C]

[Verse 16]
[D]
[Am]Being in here's been draining
my soul

[Verse 17]
[E]The punishment fits the crime
[D]I’ll be here a while just doin' tim[Am]e

[Verse 18]
[Am]The [E]punishment fits the crime
[D]I’ll be here a while

[Outro 1]
[D][Am]