Chords for Colin Hay - Prison Time
Tempo:
160 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] So you [D] doing alright except [Ebm] for this Wednesday night?
[E]
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[D] The [Eb] back of the week is broken, as my father used to say to me, which used to piss [D] me off.
[Eb] [D] On a Wednesday he would [G] say, there you are son, got up for school, the back of the week's broken.
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Now I'm saying it.
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[Em] [G] [A]
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I'm not angry.
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[A] [D] I'm doing well, [G] cause baby from this [A] distance it's [D] hard to tell how I [G] wanna go.
Did [A] you [D] let it go?
[G] Cause I can't stop my [A] mind [D] from doing prison time.
[Bm] [D]
Someone left, someone blamed, [Bm] I'm stuck in the [D] middle of a hurricane.
The more I lost, see not the more I gained.
But still I have to ask you to explain how [G] I felt.
Did [A] you [D] take a chance?
[G] Did you stay a victim [D] of circumstance?
I wanna [G] know.
[A] Did you [D] find the door?
[G] Cause I can't stop [A] my mind [D] from doing prison time.
[Dm] [Am]
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Nothing's black, nothing's white, I hear [Bm] echoes of your [D] footsteps in the dead of night.
No one is wrong, no one's right, [Bm] I'm in the [A] ring but I don't wanna [D] fight.
I wanna know, are [A] you [D] doing well?
Cause [G] baby from this [A] distance it's [D] hard to tell how I [G] wanna go.
[A] Did you let [D] it go?
[G] Cause I can't stop [A] my mind from doing [D] prison time.
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[Eb]
[D] The [Eb] back of the week is broken, as my father used to say to me, which used to piss [D] me off.
[Eb] [D] On a Wednesday he would [G] say, there you are son, got up for school, the back of the week's broken.
[E]
Now I'm saying it.
[D]
[G] [D]
[Em] [G] [A]
[D] [G]
[A] [D] [E]
[G] [A] [D]
[G] [A]
[D]
I'm not angry.
[Bm]
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[Bm] [D]
[G]
[A] [D] I'm doing well, [G] cause baby from this [A] distance it's [D] hard to tell how I [G] wanna go.
Did [A] you [D] let it go?
[G] Cause I can't stop my [A] mind [D] from doing prison time.
[Bm] [D]
Someone left, someone blamed, [Bm] I'm stuck in the [D] middle of a hurricane.
The more I lost, see not the more I gained.
But still I have to ask you to explain how [G] I felt.
Did [A] you [D] take a chance?
[G] Did you stay a victim [D] of circumstance?
I wanna [G] know.
[A] Did you [D] find the door?
[G] Cause I can't stop [A] my mind [D] from doing prison time.
[Dm] [Am]
[Dm]
[D]
[Bm]
[D]
Nothing's black, nothing's white, I hear [Bm] echoes of your [D] footsteps in the dead of night.
No one is wrong, no one's right, [Bm] I'm in the [A] ring but I don't wanna [D] fight.
I wanna know, are [A] you [D] doing well?
Cause [G] baby from this [A] distance it's [D] hard to tell how I [G] wanna go.
[A] Did you let [D] it go?
[G] Cause I can't stop [A] my mind from doing [D] prison time.
[G]
[A] [D] [G]
[A] [D] [G]
[A] [G]
[A] [D]
[Bm]
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[Bm]
Key:
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Bm
E
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[N] So you [D] doing alright except [Ebm] for this Wednesday night?
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ The [Eb] back of the week is broken, as my father used to say to me, which used to piss [D] me off.
_ _ [Eb] _ [D] On a Wednesday he would [G] say, there you are son, got up for school, the back of the week's broken.
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_ _ Now I'm saying it. _ _ _
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I'm not angry. _ _ _ _
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[A] _ [D] I'm doing well, [G] cause baby from this [A] distance it's [D] hard to tell how I [G] wanna go.
Did [A] you [D] let it go?
[G] Cause I can't stop my [A] _ _ mind _ [D] _ from doing prison time. _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ Someone left, _ someone blamed, [Bm] I'm stuck in the [D] middle of a hurricane.
_ The more I lost, see not the more I gained.
But still I have to ask you to explain how [G] I felt.
Did [A] you [D] take a chance?
_ [G] Did you stay a victim [D] of circumstance?
I wanna [G] know.
[A] Did you [D] find the door?
[G] Cause I can't stop [A] my _ _ mind _ [D] from doing prison time. _ _ _ _ _
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Nothing's black, _ _ nothing's white, I hear [Bm] echoes of your [D] footsteps in the dead of night.
_ No one is wrong, no one's right, _ [Bm] I'm in the [A] ring but I don't wanna [D] fight.
I wanna know, are [A] you [D] doing well?
Cause [G] baby from this [A] distance it's [D] hard to tell how I [G] wanna go.
_ [A] Did you let [D] it go?
[G] Cause I can't stop [A] my _ mind _ _ from doing [D] prison time.
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ The [Eb] back of the week is broken, as my father used to say to me, which used to piss [D] me off.
_ _ [Eb] _ [D] On a Wednesday he would [G] say, there you are son, got up for school, the back of the week's broken.
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_ _ Now I'm saying it. _ _ _
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I'm not angry. _ _ _ _
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[A] _ [D] I'm doing well, [G] cause baby from this [A] distance it's [D] hard to tell how I [G] wanna go.
Did [A] you [D] let it go?
[G] Cause I can't stop my [A] _ _ mind _ [D] _ from doing prison time. _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ Someone left, _ someone blamed, [Bm] I'm stuck in the [D] middle of a hurricane.
_ The more I lost, see not the more I gained.
But still I have to ask you to explain how [G] I felt.
Did [A] you [D] take a chance?
_ [G] Did you stay a victim [D] of circumstance?
I wanna [G] know.
[A] Did you [D] find the door?
[G] Cause I can't stop [A] my _ _ mind _ [D] from doing prison time. _ _ _ _ _
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Nothing's black, _ _ nothing's white, I hear [Bm] echoes of your [D] footsteps in the dead of night.
_ No one is wrong, no one's right, _ [Bm] I'm in the [A] ring but I don't wanna [D] fight.
I wanna know, are [A] you [D] doing well?
Cause [G] baby from this [A] distance it's [D] hard to tell how I [G] wanna go.
_ [A] Did you let [D] it go?
[G] Cause I can't stop [A] my _ mind _ _ from doing [D] prison time.
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