Chords for Bobby Sykes - The Guard On The North Wall

[G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
North Wall of [C] Well _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] There's a guard [C] on the north wall [Am] of this prison that holds me
_ And [C] he silently _ watches as I'm longing [Am] to be free
I [F] wonder if he really knows [C] the harm I've _ done
[Am] _
_ And [C] I wonder if [F] that guard knows he's [C] my son _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
In the days of depression [Am] times were rough _ _ _
_ Sometimes [C] _ we had food but [Am] not enough _ _ _ _
There's [F] a lot of coward deep [C] inside of me
_ [A] I [C] left my wife, left my home and _ family _ _ _ _
_ [C#m] North [C#] Wall _ _
I kept track of my family till [A#m] one day
_ _ I watched [C#] the county as they laid [A#m] my wife away
_ _ _ Then [F#] watched the judge give another man [C#] my [A#m] son
_ _ I knew [C#] I'd never live [F#] down this [C#] wrong I'd done
_ _ Knew I'd never live [F#] down this wrong [C#] I'd done
_ _ _ I'd disappeared _ down the _ alleyways [A#m] of time
_ _ I took [C#] to running round committing _ [A#m] every crime
I'd _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ tell her [C#] _ down _ [A#m] _ while [C#] _
trying to [F#] rob the bank in my [C#] _
hometown _ _ _ _ [F#] [D] North Wall
_ _ _ Now the sheriff and his posse [G] took me in
_ [Bm] _ The jury [D] gave me life in prison [G] for my sin
_ _ _ But somehow my life to me don't [D] seem so dear
_ _ With my son on [G] that wall and me [D] down here
_ _ _ With my son on [G] that wall and me [D] down _ _ here
_ Now these walls hold a secret, [E] them and [B] me
_ _ [Bm] _ And no matter [D] how it turns out [Bm] I'll be free
_ _ _ [G] Across the yard I'll crawl and [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ try to [D] get past [G] that North Wall
And [D] my son, _ _ _ _ Brian will get past [G] that North Wall
And [D] my son, _ [Bm] _ _ and I [D] wonder [G] if he knows
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] _