Prison to Heaven Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Swing
[G]It's a hard decision
Am I gonna leave this prison
If they tell me one more time
To get in line
I'm gon[D]na break away

[Verse 2]
[D]
But I'm sure
That [G]every single prison guard
That walks around this prison yard
Is gonna have a shot at me
If he sees me running [D]for the gate

[Verse 3]
[D]
I'd be [G]better off dead
Full of the lead
Rather than to lay one more day
Let my mind and my body rot away
In this [D]awful place

[Verse 4]
[D]
I'd be [G]floating way up so high
Looking down at all my buddies
Saying "You chumps, you suckers
I hope one day you can find
the guts to [D]escape"

[Verse 5]
[D]
Well you might say
[G]"How come you're so sure
Heaven's where you're going?
You ain't exactly been showing
the ways of an angel"
[D]Glory bound

[Verse 6]
[D]
I must ad[G]mit you got a point
But I got a feeling
The ceiling ain't so far
And Yahweh just may
want a couple words
[D]With yours truly

[Verse 7]
[D]
So I'll be [A]walking right up to
those big pearly gates
Saying [G]"Hey Saint Peter,
ol' buddy, ol' [D]pal
How's the family, how's work,
how's the kids
What do you say?
How's about cracking those gates?
And letting [A]a fine upstanding fellow,
like my[G]self
Join [D]the club"

[Verse 8]
[D]
And he might say
[G]"Ah, Mr. Avett you can save it
I ain't gonna be buying any of that lying
Jive, hustling, bald-faced, fake,
fake, conman nonsense
That you used to get by with
Down [D]there on Earth"

[Verse 9]
[D]
And I'll say
"Come on
[G]Surely you and God of all people oughta know
I was innocent of those crimes
I told you so,
every night by myself in that cell
Surrounded by nothing but
[D]gray and quiet"

[Verse 10]
[D]
Well dear God
[G]Maybe I should just be talking
straight to you
The truth is I lost my way some
where along the [D]way
And [G]if you got a minute,
would you spend it with a sinner
Just long enough to give me
some directions home
[D]