Why Do You Punish Me chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

WHY DO YOU PUNISH ME

Intro:             G+G
e|--------2-0--0-0--------------1----------|
D MajorD|2-2-3---------3-3-2-2-0-0----0-----------|
G+G|---------------------------2--0----------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------2----------|
E MajorE|------------------------------3----------|

Verse:
G+G             C majorC   G+G
Why do you punish me for loving you?
        D MajorD            G+G
You're counting my mistakes, how about yours
      C majorC    G+G   C majorC      G+G
Why do you sentence me, tonight?s of tears?
      D MajorD
Convicting all these dreams,
               G+G
I've dreamed for all these years

Chorus:
   C majorC                 G+G
My heart cries out behind these prison bars
       D MajorD                G+G
It pleads to you for your true love to set it free
      C majorC   G+G    C majorC   G+G
Why do you punish me is love a crime?
       D MajorD                  G+G
If so I'll spend the lifetime, loving, serving time

Verse:
   C majorC                 G+G
My heart cries out behind these prison bars
       D MajorD                G+G
It pleads to you for your true love to set it free
      C majorC   G+G    C majorC   G+G
Why do you punish me is love a crime?
       D MajorD                  G+G