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PRISONER
WORDS & MUSIC: Earl P. Reinhalter
Am Asus4 Am
INTRO: nameless faces
Esus4 Em
pass in dull rotation.
D D7
like cars on a highway,
F Fadd9 F C - E - E7
hel-lo and goodbye they say.
Dm
I was a prisoner
Am
but I didn't know.
F
I was in chains.
E - E7 - Eaug - E
they didn't show - - - - - - .
INSTRUMENTAL: Asus4 - Am - Asus4 - Am
Esus4 - Em - Esus4 - Em
D - D7 - D - D7
Fadd9 - F - Fmaj7 - F6
E - E7 - Eaug - E
F
I. I wasn't looking.
Am
I was at peace.
G
I wasn't thinking.
Am
now thoughts never cease.
G
I think of tomorrow
Am
and how it will be.
G
I think of the future
F - E
for her and for me.
Dm
CHORUS: I was a prisoner
Am
but I didn't know.
F
I was in chains.
Am C
they didn't show.
Dm
I was a prisoner
Am
and I didn't care.
F
but now when I'm with her,
E - E7 - Eaug - E
I'm walking on air - - - - - - .
///// REPEAT INSTRUMENTAL /////
F
II. when I first saw her,
Esus4 Em
I didn't know what lay before me.
G G7
nobody knows
Am
when love will come along.
G
there was a pathway
Am
but I couldn't tell.
G
I couldn't fly
F - E
until I fell.
Dm <-start arpeggio guitar
CHORUS: I was a prisoner
Am
but I didn't know.
F
I was in chains.
Am
they didn't show.
Dm <-light strum
I was a prisoner
Am
and I didn't care.
F
but now when I'm with her,
Am C
I'm walking on air.
Dm <-full strum + high melody
I was a prisoner
Am
but I didn't know.
F
I was in chains.
Am C
they didn't show.
Dm
I was a prisoner
Am
and I didn't care.
F
but now when I'm with her,
E - E7 - Eaug - E - Am/E
I'm walking on air - - - - - - - - - - .
© Copyright 1994 Earl P. Reinhalter. All Rights Reserved.
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