Orleans Parish Prison chords by Johnny Cash

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Orleans Parish Prison

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


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

And they wrote her name in the prison book


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


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


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


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


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


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