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Prisoner by Levellers
Prisoner
Intro:
Am F G Em x2
Verse 1:
Am F G Em
Five in the morning an hour before dawn, they wake her up in her bed
Am F G G
Standing over her body, and holding a gun to her head
Am F
She says "why have you come, oh and what have I done"
G Em
They'll tell her "it's come to defeat"
Am F G G
Then they kick through her paintings, and drag her out into the street
Chorus 1:
Am F G G
Oh my love, don't take any-more
Am F G G
Oh my love, break down the door
Am F G Em
Verse 2:
Am F
By day they take her, and interiogate her
G Em
and tell her "she's crude and insane"
Am F G G
but by night the same keepers, will steal in and rape her aain
Am F
She can't see who they are, through the thick black bars
G Em
That cast shadows over her eyes
Am F G G
And if she resists, they'll beat hear with fists til she cries
Chorus 2:
Am F G G
Oh my love, don't take any-more
Am F G G
Oh my love, break down the door
Am F G G
Oh my love, there's a sun in the east
Am F G Em
Its your release
Am F G Em x5
Verse 3:
Am F
So you the dictator, whose choosen to hate her
G Em
tellin' ya to listen to me
Am F
There are others who'll fight for the right
G G
to be tender and free
Am F
If she dies at your hands, just you understand
G Em
I've a knife that is sharp and clean
Am F
And i'll paint in your blood, til it turns to a flood
G G
Let her be
Chorus 3:
Am F G G
Oh my love, don't take any-more
Am F G G
Oh my love, break down the door
Am F G G
Oh my love, there's a sun in the east
Am
It's your release
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