#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 12:59:21 -0700 From: lindsey@terra.SIRIUS.COM (Tom Lindsey) Branded Man Merle Haggard G C G I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am D But they won't let my secret go untold G C G I paid the debt I owed them,but they're still not satisfied D G Now I'm a branded man out un the cold G C G When they let me out of prison,I held my head up high D Determined I would rise above the shame G C G But no matter where I'm living,the black mark follows me D G I'm branded with a number on my name Repeat verse 1 G C G If I live to be a hundred,I guess I'll never clear my name D 'Cause everybody knows I've been in jail G C G No matter where I'm living,I've got to tell them where I've been D G Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail Repeat verse 1 D G Now I'm a branded man out un the cold Tom Lindsey lindsey@sirius.com San Francisco, CA