G                                   C             G 
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am 
                                 D7 
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 
                  D7              G 
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold 
  
G                            C               G 
They let me out of prison I held my head up high 
                                   D7 
Determined I would rise above the shame 
     G                         C                G 
No matter where I traveled a black mark follows me 
                    D7           G 
I'm branded with a number on my name 
  
G                                   C             G 
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am 
                                 D7 
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 
                  D7              G 
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold 
 
                                        C              G 
If I live to be a hundred I guess I'll never clear my name 
                                    D7 
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 
                         D7          G 
They'll send me back to prison if I fail 
  
G                                   C             G 
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am 
                                 D7 
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 
                  D7              G 
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold 
 
             D7                   G 
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold