Weighted Down The Prison Song chords by Skip Spence

Chords with lyrics

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

Chorus:

     A augmentedA
Weighted down by possessions
     BB
Weighted down by the gun
    D MajorD      E MajorE    D MajorD   A augmentedA
Waited down by the river for you to come

Verse:

    E MajorE
My darling, you're darning my action
  A augmentedA
Of when three months, I was gone
  E MajorE
But whose socks were you darning, darling
     A augmentedA
While I been gone so long?

     A augmentedA
Weighted down by possessions
     BB
Weighted down by the gun
    D MajorD      E MajorE    D MajorD   A augmentedA
Waited down by the river for you to come

  E MajorE                 A augmentedA
A majorA best friend to your ear of true said I was guilty of sin
  E MajorE                  A augmentedA
Said my being gone was the best thing for you
 A augmentedA
But the truth, it all comes through for me and my kin
         BB   D MajorD      E MajorE    D MajorD   A augmentedA
It wasn't the best thing for me but was the best for him

Chorus:
     A augmentedA
Weighted down by decision
     BB
Weighted down by the gun
    D MajorD      E MajorE    D MajorD   A augmentedA
Waited down by the river for you to come

     A augmentedA
Weighted down by possessions
     BB
Weighted down by the gun
    D MajorD      E MajorE    D MajorD   A augmentedA
Waited down by the river for you to come

Verse:
  E MajorE                 A augmentedA
While I sat there wondering, you thought that eyes were hid
  E MajorE                  A augmentedA
And I had the honor of watching everything you did
 A augmentedA
So now I come with words of pain to bring you news of life
        BB   D MajorD      E MajorE    D MajorD   A augmentedA
If you can't find your woman, don't take another's wife

Chorus:
     A augmentedA
Weighted down by possessions
     BB
Weighted down by the gun
    D MajorD      E MajorE    D MajorD   A augmentedA
Waited down by the river for you to come