Prisoners Song

Sonny James

Written by Guy Massey

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                          C
Now if I had wings like an angel
     D7                         G
Over these prison walls I would fly
                              C
And I'd fly to the arms of my darling
    D7                      G
And there I'd be willing to die

Verse 2

                                 C
Now I wish I had someone to love me
        D7               G
Someone to call me their own
                                C
Oh I wish I had someone to live with
       D7                  G
'Cause I'm tired of living alone

Verse 3

                                      C
In my mind I have a grand ship on the ocean
    D7                      G
All mounted with silver and gold
                                 C
And before my poor darling would suffer
     D7                         G
That ship would be anchored and sold

Verse 4

                                C
I'll be carried to the new jail tomorrow
D7                          G
Leaving my poor darling all alone
                                     C
With the cold prison bars all around me
    D7                     G
And my head on a pillow of stone

Verse 1

G                          C
Now if I had wings like an angel
     D7                         G
Over these prison walls I would fly
                              C
And I'd fly to the arms of my darling
    D7                      G
And there I'd be willing to die