G5                                       D5
Well, I'm goin' to a place where the tough guys go
      E5              D5   C5
and come out even tougher.
   G5                                 D5
A place where a man don't show his feelings,
  E5                           D5     C5
a place where a man don't cry.
        G5
Well, they say I'm bein' punished
      D5
and they say I can be reformed
     E5                D5  C5
but some day I'll return.
            G5                     D5
Did they really think that this time it'd work,
     E5                    D5  C5
you knew all along it wouldn't.

Refrão:
G5        D5
Oh, I'm prison bound
         E5                   D5      C5
I did a crime one too many times.
              G5                                 D5
It's on the outskirts of town by the railroad tracks
              E5             D5    C5
where the country moon shines.
G5        D5
Oh, I'm prison bound
         E5                       D5  C5
Tell my girl I'll be back one day
G5        D5
Oh, I'm prison bound
          E5               D5  C5
I may never know any other, any other
G5     D5     E5   D5
way
C5                G5
    any other way

                     G5                                        D5
Well, they've taken away my freedom of expression or action
E5                    D5       C5
Johnny says I'll walk the line
        G5                                    D5
with three hots and a cot and a lot of talk
        E5                      D5  C5
with lock-up concrete and steel.
         G5                                               D5
Well, It's cold and it's clammy, man it's colder than a pimp's heart
         E5         D5   C5
but I gotta do my time.
               G5                                                     D5
There's a lesson to be learned here but what a price to pay
        E5             D5  C5
you know I may never learn.

Refrão:
G5        D5
Oh, I'm prison bound
         E5                   D5      C5
I did a crime one too many times.
              G5                                 D5
It's on the outskirts of town by the railroad tracks
              E5             D5    C5
where the country moon shines.
G5        D5
Oh, I'm prison bound
         E5                       D5  C5
Tell my girl I'll be back one day
G5        D5
Oh, I'm prison bound
          E5               D5  C5
I may never know any other, any other
G5     D5     E5   D5
way
C5                   G5
       any other way