Orleans Parish Prison chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Orleans Parish Prison

 Use a capo on the first fret, or don't. Cash did both.


Verse 1:
D MajorD
Well, have you seen my dark-haired girl?
D MajorD
She was set on her love to a hungry world
D MajorD
They got her clothes and the money she took
D MajorD
And they wrote her name in the prison book

Chorus:
E MajorE       A augmentedA        G+G
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my dark-haired girl?
   E MajorE           A augmentedA
She's tired and cold and you got the gold
  G+G
She took from a hungry world
E MajorE       A augmentedA        G+G          D MajorD
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my dark-haired girl?


Verse 2:
D MajorD
Well have you seen my green-eyed son?
D MajorD
He shot a man down with a sawed off gun
D MajorD
And they found him down by the Pontchartrain
D MajorD
Where they cuffed his hands with a big iron chain


Chorus:
E MajorE       A augmentedA        G+G
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my green-eyed son?
 E MajorE           A augmentedA
I heard him say as you let him away
   G+G
Sorry for what he's done
E MajorE       A augmentedA        G+G         D MajorD
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my green-eyed son?

Verse 3:
D MajorD
Well have you missed my brother man?
D MajorD
He took a little money with a gun in his hand
D MajorD
Now the kids are hungry and the wife ain't well
D MajorD
And the daddy's locked up in a prison cell


Chorus:
E MajorE       A augmentedA        G+G
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my brother man?
 E MajorE          A augmentedA
I know it's sad but he ain't bad
   G+G
He's doing the best he can
E MajorE       A augmentedA        G+G        D MajorD
Orleans Parish Prison won't you free my brother man?


E MajorE       A augmentedA    G+G
Orleans Parish Prison i miss my green-eyed son
 E MajorE          A augmentedA
I love my dark-haired girl
 G+G
I need my brother man
E MajorE       A augmentedA          G+G        D MajorD
Orleans Parish Prison i wish you'd free them if you can