Chords for Joan Baez - Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose)
Tempo:
98.2 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Eb
Ab
Bbm
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Gm] [Ab]
Billy Rose was a low [Cm] rider, Billy Rose was a night [Bbm] fighter, [Db] Billy Rose knew trouble like the [Cm] sound of his [Eb] own name.
[Bbm] Busted on a drunken [Ab] [Db] charge, driving someone else's car, the [Dbm] local midnight [Ab] sheriff's claim to fame.
In an Arizona jail, [Cm] there is some who tell the tale, [Bbm] how [Db] Billy fought the sergeant for [Cm] some milk that he demanded.
[Bbm] Knowing they'd remain the [Db] boss, knowing he would pay the cost, they [Dbm] saw he was severely [Ab] reprimanded.
[Fm] In the blackest [Cm] cell on A block, [Fm] he hanged himself at [Cm] dawn, [Fm] with a note stuck [Cm] to the bunkhead.
[Bbm] Don't mess with me, just [Eb] take me home, [Fm] come and lay, [Eb] help us lay, young [Ab] Billy down.
[Eb] [Ab] Luna was a Mexican, [Cm] the law calls an alien, [Bbm] for coming [Db] across the border [Cm] with a baby [Eb] and a wife.
[Bbm] While the clothes upon his back were [Db] wet, still he thought that he could get some [Dbm] money and things to [Ab] start a life.
It hadn't been too very [Eb] long, when it [Cm] seemed like everything went [Bbm] wrong, didn't [Db] even have the time to [Cm] find [Eb] themselves a home.
[Bbm] When this foreigner, brown [Db] skinned male, thrown inside a Texas jail, [Dbm] left the wife and baby [Ab] quite alone.
[Fm] He eats the pain [Cm] inside [Fm] him, with a needle [Cm] in his arm, but [Fm] the dope would just [Cm] crucify him.
[Bbm] Then he died to no [Eb] one's great alarm, [Fm] come and lay, [Eb] help us lay, poor [Ab] Luna down.
[Fm] And we'll raise, [Eb] raise the prisons [Ab] to the ground.
Keele Watt was an aging [Cm] con of 65, who stood a [Bbm] chance to stay [Db] alive and leave the [Cm] joint and walk the [Eb] streets again.
At [Bbm] the time he was to [Db] leave Juneer, he suffered all the joy and [Dbm] fear of leaving 35 years [Ab] in the pen.
Then on the day of his release, [Cm] he was approached by the police, [Bbm] who took [Db] him to the warden, [C] walking [Eb] slowly by his side.
[Bbm] The warden said, you [Db] won't remain here, but it seems the state [Dbm] retainer claims another 10 years of [Ab] your life.
He [Fm] stepped out in the [Cm] Texas sunlight, [Fm] and the cops all stood [Cm] around.
[Fm] Oh, Keele Watt [Cm] ran 50 yards, [Bbm] then threw himself down [Eb] on the ground.
They might [Fm] as well just [Eb] have laid that old [Ab] man down.
But we're [Fm] gonna raise, raise [Eb] the prisons to [Ab] the ground.
Help us [Fm] raise, [Eb] raise the prisons [Ab] to the ground.
Billy Rose was a low [Cm] rider, Billy Rose was a night [Bbm] fighter, [Db] Billy Rose knew trouble like the [Cm] sound of his [Eb] own name.
[Bbm] Busted on a drunken [Ab] [Db] charge, driving someone else's car, the [Dbm] local midnight [Ab] sheriff's claim to fame.
In an Arizona jail, [Cm] there is some who tell the tale, [Bbm] how [Db] Billy fought the sergeant for [Cm] some milk that he demanded.
[Bbm] Knowing they'd remain the [Db] boss, knowing he would pay the cost, they [Dbm] saw he was severely [Ab] reprimanded.
[Fm] In the blackest [Cm] cell on A block, [Fm] he hanged himself at [Cm] dawn, [Fm] with a note stuck [Cm] to the bunkhead.
[Bbm] Don't mess with me, just [Eb] take me home, [Fm] come and lay, [Eb] help us lay, young [Ab] Billy down.
[Eb] [Ab] Luna was a Mexican, [Cm] the law calls an alien, [Bbm] for coming [Db] across the border [Cm] with a baby [Eb] and a wife.
[Bbm] While the clothes upon his back were [Db] wet, still he thought that he could get some [Dbm] money and things to [Ab] start a life.
It hadn't been too very [Eb] long, when it [Cm] seemed like everything went [Bbm] wrong, didn't [Db] even have the time to [Cm] find [Eb] themselves a home.
[Bbm] When this foreigner, brown [Db] skinned male, thrown inside a Texas jail, [Dbm] left the wife and baby [Ab] quite alone.
[Fm] He eats the pain [Cm] inside [Fm] him, with a needle [Cm] in his arm, but [Fm] the dope would just [Cm] crucify him.
[Bbm] Then he died to no [Eb] one's great alarm, [Fm] come and lay, [Eb] help us lay, poor [Ab] Luna down.
[Fm] And we'll raise, [Eb] raise the prisons [Ab] to the ground.
Keele Watt was an aging [Cm] con of 65, who stood a [Bbm] chance to stay [Db] alive and leave the [Cm] joint and walk the [Eb] streets again.
At [Bbm] the time he was to [Db] leave Juneer, he suffered all the joy and [Dbm] fear of leaving 35 years [Ab] in the pen.
Then on the day of his release, [Cm] he was approached by the police, [Bbm] who took [Db] him to the warden, [C] walking [Eb] slowly by his side.
[Bbm] The warden said, you [Db] won't remain here, but it seems the state [Dbm] retainer claims another 10 years of [Ab] your life.
He [Fm] stepped out in the [Cm] Texas sunlight, [Fm] and the cops all stood [Cm] around.
[Fm] Oh, Keele Watt [Cm] ran 50 yards, [Bbm] then threw himself down [Eb] on the ground.
They might [Fm] as well just [Eb] have laid that old [Ab] man down.
But we're [Fm] gonna raise, raise [Eb] the prisons to [Ab] the ground.
Help us [Fm] raise, [Eb] raise the prisons [Ab] to the ground.
Key:
Cm
Eb
Ab
Bbm
Fm
Cm
Eb
Ab
[Gm] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Billy Rose was a low [Cm] rider, Billy Rose was a night [Bbm] fighter, [Db] Billy Rose knew trouble like the [Cm] sound of his [Eb] own name.
[Bbm] Busted on a drunken [Ab] [Db] charge, driving someone else's car, the [Dbm] local midnight [Ab] sheriff's claim to fame.
_ In an Arizona jail, [Cm] there is some who tell the tale, [Bbm] how [Db] Billy fought the sergeant for [Cm] some milk that he demanded.
_ _ [Bbm] Knowing they'd remain the [Db] boss, knowing he would pay the cost, they [Dbm] saw he was severely [Ab] _ _ reprimanded. _ _ _
[Fm] In the blackest [Cm] cell on A block, [Fm] he hanged himself at [Cm] dawn, [Fm] with a note stuck [Cm] to the bunkhead.
[Bbm] Don't mess with me, just [Eb] take me home, _ [Fm] come and lay, _ [Eb] help us lay, young [Ab] Billy down. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] Luna was a Mexican, [Cm] the law calls an alien, [Bbm] for coming [Db] across the border [Cm] with a baby [Eb] and a wife.
_ [Bbm] While the clothes upon his back were [Db] wet, still he thought that he could get some [Dbm] money and things to [Ab] start a life.
It hadn't been too very [Eb] long, when it [Cm] seemed like everything went [Bbm] wrong, didn't [Db] even have the time to [Cm] find [Eb] themselves a home.
[Bbm] When this foreigner, brown [Db] skinned male, thrown inside a Texas jail, [Dbm] left the wife and baby [Ab] quite alone. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] He eats the pain [Cm] inside [Fm] him, with a needle [Cm] in his arm, but [Fm] the dope would just [Cm] crucify him.
[Bbm] Then he died to no [Eb] one's great alarm, [Fm] come and lay, [Eb] help us lay, poor [Ab] Luna down. _ _ _ _
[Fm] And we'll _ raise, [Eb] raise the prisons [Ab] to the _ ground. _ _ _
_ Keele Watt was an aging [Cm] con of 65, who stood a [Bbm] chance to stay [Db] alive and leave the [Cm] joint and walk the [Eb] streets again.
At [Bbm] the time he was to [Db] leave Juneer, he suffered all the joy and [Dbm] fear of leaving 35 years [Ab] in the pen.
_ _ _ _ _ Then on the day of his release, [Cm] he was approached by the police, [Bbm] who took [Db] him to the warden, [C] walking [Eb] slowly by his side. _
[Bbm] The warden said, you [Db] won't remain here, but it seems the state [Dbm] retainer claims another 10 years of [Ab] your _ _ life.
_ He [Fm] stepped out in the [Cm] Texas sunlight, _ [Fm] and the cops all stood [Cm] around.
_ [Fm] Oh, Keele Watt [Cm] ran 50 _ yards, [Bbm] then threw himself down [Eb] on the ground.
They might [Fm] as well just [Eb] have laid that old [Ab] man down.
_ _ _ But we're [Fm] gonna raise, raise [Eb] the prisons _ to [Ab] the ground. _
_ _ _ Help us [Fm] _ raise, [Eb] raise the prisons _ [Ab] to the ground. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Billy Rose was a low [Cm] rider, Billy Rose was a night [Bbm] fighter, [Db] Billy Rose knew trouble like the [Cm] sound of his [Eb] own name.
[Bbm] Busted on a drunken [Ab] [Db] charge, driving someone else's car, the [Dbm] local midnight [Ab] sheriff's claim to fame.
_ In an Arizona jail, [Cm] there is some who tell the tale, [Bbm] how [Db] Billy fought the sergeant for [Cm] some milk that he demanded.
_ _ [Bbm] Knowing they'd remain the [Db] boss, knowing he would pay the cost, they [Dbm] saw he was severely [Ab] _ _ reprimanded. _ _ _
[Fm] In the blackest [Cm] cell on A block, [Fm] he hanged himself at [Cm] dawn, [Fm] with a note stuck [Cm] to the bunkhead.
[Bbm] Don't mess with me, just [Eb] take me home, _ [Fm] come and lay, _ [Eb] help us lay, young [Ab] Billy down. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] Luna was a Mexican, [Cm] the law calls an alien, [Bbm] for coming [Db] across the border [Cm] with a baby [Eb] and a wife.
_ [Bbm] While the clothes upon his back were [Db] wet, still he thought that he could get some [Dbm] money and things to [Ab] start a life.
It hadn't been too very [Eb] long, when it [Cm] seemed like everything went [Bbm] wrong, didn't [Db] even have the time to [Cm] find [Eb] themselves a home.
[Bbm] When this foreigner, brown [Db] skinned male, thrown inside a Texas jail, [Dbm] left the wife and baby [Ab] quite alone. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] He eats the pain [Cm] inside [Fm] him, with a needle [Cm] in his arm, but [Fm] the dope would just [Cm] crucify him.
[Bbm] Then he died to no [Eb] one's great alarm, [Fm] come and lay, [Eb] help us lay, poor [Ab] Luna down. _ _ _ _
[Fm] And we'll _ raise, [Eb] raise the prisons [Ab] to the _ ground. _ _ _
_ Keele Watt was an aging [Cm] con of 65, who stood a [Bbm] chance to stay [Db] alive and leave the [Cm] joint and walk the [Eb] streets again.
At [Bbm] the time he was to [Db] leave Juneer, he suffered all the joy and [Dbm] fear of leaving 35 years [Ab] in the pen.
_ _ _ _ _ Then on the day of his release, [Cm] he was approached by the police, [Bbm] who took [Db] him to the warden, [C] walking [Eb] slowly by his side. _
[Bbm] The warden said, you [Db] won't remain here, but it seems the state [Dbm] retainer claims another 10 years of [Ab] your _ _ life.
_ He [Fm] stepped out in the [Cm] Texas sunlight, _ [Fm] and the cops all stood [Cm] around.
_ [Fm] Oh, Keele Watt [Cm] ran 50 _ yards, [Bbm] then threw himself down [Eb] on the ground.
They might [Fm] as well just [Eb] have laid that old [Ab] man down.
_ _ _ But we're [Fm] gonna raise, raise [Eb] the prisons _ to [Ab] the ground. _
_ _ _ Help us [Fm] _ raise, [Eb] raise the prisons _ [Ab] to the ground. _
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