Here I Sit In Prison (Yipee-I-Yay)" by Cowboy Mouth
Written by Sanchez/Griffith Sung by John Thomas Griffith
>From the Monkey Hill album "It Means Escape"
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Intro: F#m
All verses are just this F#m-E-F#m pattern repeated.
F#m E F#m
Here I sit in prison, guilty of a crime
F#m E F#m
Yes, it's true I killed a man, but it was justified
Yes he was a friend of mine he came into my home
Made off with my woman and left me here alone
Chorus:
A F#m D E F#m
Yipee-I-Yay, Yipee-I-Yo, damn these iron bars are cold
A F#m D A E F#m
Yipee-I-Yay, Yipee-I-Yo, here in prison I'll grow old
Here I sit in prison she often visits me
Tells me that she's sorry and she wishes I was free
Says she never loved him only wished she'd stayed
I wish she would stop talking I wish she'd go away
Yipee-I-Yay, Yipee-I-Yo, damn these iron bars are cold
Yipee-I-Yay, Yipee-I-Yo, here in prison I'll grow old
Here I sit in prison I don't give a damn
I'd shoot the bastard over if they gave me half a chance
I wish only instead that I had kept on shooting
Until both of them were dead
Yipee-I-Yay, Yipee-I-Yo, damn these iron bars are cold
Yipee-I-Yay, Yipee-I-Yo, here in prison I'll grow old
Yipee-I-Yay, Yipee-I-Yo, damn these iron bars are cold
Yipee-I-Yay, Yipee-I-Yo, here in prison I'll grow old
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