Branded Man Chords by Merle Haggard & The Strangers

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'd like to hold my head up and [C] be proud of who I [G] am, _ but they won't let my secret go [D] _ [A] untold.
_ [D] _ _
I [G] paid the debt I owed them, but [C] they're still not [G] satisfied. _ _
Now I'm a branded [D] man out in [G] the cold. _ _ _ _
When they let me out of prison, _ [C] I held my head [G] up high, _ determined I would rise above the [D] [A] shame.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] But no matter where I'm living, _ [C] the black mark [G] follows me. _
I'm branded with [D] a number on [G] my _ name. _ _ _
I'd like to hold my head up _ [C] and be proud of who [G] I am, _ but they won't let my secret go [D] _ _ [A] untold.
_ [D] _ _
[G] I paid the debt I owed them, [C] but they're still not [G] satisfied. _ _
Now I'm a branded [D] man out [G] in the cold. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
If I live to be a hundred, I [C] guess I'll never clear [G] my name.
Cause everybody _ knows I've been [D] in [A] jail.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] No matter where I'm living, I [C] got to tell them where [G] I've been, or they'll send me back
to [D] prison if [G] I fail.
_ I'd _ _ like to hold my head up _ [C] and be proud of who [G] I am, _ but they won't let my secret go [D] _ _ [A] untold.
[D] _ _ _
[G] I paid the debt I owed them, but [C] they're still not [G] satisfied. _ _
Now I'm a branded [D] man out in [G] the cold. _ _ _ _ _
Now I'm a branded [D] _ man out in [G] the cold. _ _ _ _ _
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