Billy The Kid - Song Of A Prisonman


Voor de trouwe fans van een kleine maar grote band
For the loyal fans of a small but great band


Intro

Em	C	6x	(News report)

Riff (met distortion)

E5	A5  B5  C5	C5  B5  A5	G5  F#5  E5	  2x

Em	2x


Couplet I

		Em		C
Between these walls, these walls of captivity,
	Em			C
An iron gate, obstructing my view,
	Em			C
For the next couple of years, stuck in a garbage can,
Em			C
I live in a hostile environment


Refrein 

A5
Shouldn’t be in by nine
E5
In all those years experience
A5
Blinded by the bounder
	B5	       C5	     D5        E5
And in all my life, never been so blind

Em	2x


Couplet II

      C     Em					   
Oh lord, I miss my wife my child my friends
C	Em
And I know, the pain is hard, and so am I,
	C					
Won’t you criticise the action,
	       Em
Don’t you criticise that deal at all
C				    Em
Cause sooner or later, I’m coming home


Keyboardsolo


A5	E5	2x

A5	B5  C5  D5


Gitaarsolo


Riff	  4x


Refrein 

A5
Shouldn’t be in by nine
E5	  F# 	   G	B
In all those years experience
A5
Blinded by the bounder
	B5	       C5     D5        
And in all my life, never been so 

E5	A5  B5  C5	C5  B5  A5	G5  F#5  E5
blind 				Never been so blind

Riff

E5	 	      A5  B5  C5	  	   C5  B5  A5	   		G5  F#5  E5
So blind I could see, 	        these walls are for you and me

Riff	4x
Oh



(Bas Driessen 2001)