Tuning: Standard
Capo: No capo
Intro: G
G C G
Well I'm branded, wherever I go
G D A D
Tryna outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
G C G
Might as well be wearin' a ball and chain
G D G
Cos everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name
G C G
Spent some time in San Francisco, locked up for vagrancy
G D A D
I busted out a time or two, took a run at gettin' free
G C G
They put me back in the jailhouse, I finished servin' my time
G D G
Turned me loose, and the man's set to dog me to the end of the line
G C G
But I'm branded, wherever I go
G D A D
Tryna outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
G C G
Might as well be wearin' a ball and chain
G D G
Cos everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name
G C G
The trouble with the truth: it always comes around
G D A D
It seems to be there waitin' for me, in every town
G C G
Well I'm guilty of the crime, of tryna get back home
G D G
Don't wanna bother nobody, just wanna be left alone
G C G
But I'm branded, wherever I go
G D A D
Tryna outrun a bad story everybody seems to know
G C G
Might as well be wearin' a ball and chain
G D G
Cos everywhere I travel I see a picture with a number by my name
