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Prison Church by James Reed


          Prison Church



Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo

12 bar blues
 
[Verse]
E
Big shorty got him 25 years
E
Killed a man with a cheap bottle of beer
E
Great tenor and he plays a mean bass
E
You should hear him sing amazing grace
B7
Down in the
E
prison church
 
[Verse]
E
Colorado he's lookin' at life
E
A newfound devoted prison christian of christ
E
Folks say he's a walkin' paradox
E
But he's learned every word to the old rugged cross
B7
From the
E
prison church
 
[Chorus]
A
Down in the prison church
E
we ask forgiveness for the people we hurt
A
Take it on back to a two man cell
E
Pray to the heavens while we're livin' in hell on earth
B7
Just another Sunday service down in the prison church
 
[Verse]
E
Clarence robbed his girlfriend's parent's store
E
He only got four years but he shoulda got more
E
He was high as the pines and he pointed a gun
E
He got him a lawyer, they'd love him like a son if he joined
B7
You know, the
E
prison church
 
[Chorus]
A
Now he's down here in the prison church
E
Askin' forgiveness for the people he hurt
A
Takes it on back to a two man cell
E
Prays to the heavens while he's livin' in hell here on earth
B7
Just another Sunday service down in the prison church
 
[Instrumental]
E - A - D - E - B7
 
[Verse]
E
Me, I'm goin' up for parole
E
Maybe I will get to go home
E
It might be soon but it won't be tonight
E
I swear to god I saw that light
B7
In the
E
prison church
 
[Chorus]
A
Down in the prison church
E
we ask forgiveness for the people we hurt
A
Take it on back to a two man cell
E
Pray to the heavens while I'm livin' in hell on earth
B7
Just another Sunday service down in the prison church





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