4 Chords used in the song: Gm, Cm, F, D

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Gm
Cm
In the middle of a gun fight...
F
In the center of a restaurant...
D
Gm
They say, "Come with your arms raised high!"
Cm
Well, they're never gonna get me,
F
Like a bullet through a flock of doves...
D
Gm
Cm
To wage this war against your faith in me,
F
D
Gm
Your life...will never be the same.
Cm
F
D
On your mother's eyes, say a prayer...say a prayer!
[Chorus]Gm
Now, but I can't
Cm
And I don't know
F
How we're just two men as God had made us,
D
Well, I can't...well, I can!Gm
Too much, too late, or just not enough of thisCm
Pain in my heart for your dying wish,F
D
I'll kiss your lips again.
Gm
They all cheat at cards and the checkers are lost,
Cm
F
My cellmate's a killer, they make me do push-ups (in drag)
D
But nobody cares if you're losing yourself...am I losing myself?!
Gm
Well, I miss my mom,
Will they give me the chair,
Cm
F
Or lethal injection, or swing from a rope if you dare;
D
Ah, nobody knows...all the trouble I've seen!Gm
Now, but I can't
Cm
And I don't know
F
How we're just two men as God had made us,
D
Well, I can't...well, I can!Gm
Too much, too late, or just not enough of thisCm
Pain in my heart for your dying wish,F
D
I'll kiss your lips again.Gm
Cm
To your room...
F
What they ask of you
D
Gm
Cm
Will make you want to say, "So long..."
F
Well, I don't remember,D
Gm
Why remember...YOU?!Gm
Cm
Do you have the keys to the hotel?!
F
D
'Cause I'm gonna string this motherfucker on fire! (FIRE!!)Gm
Cm
Life is but a dream for the dead,
F
And well I, I won't go down by myself,
D
But I'll go down with my friends.Gm
Cm
Now now now now... (I can't explain)
F
Now now now... (I can't complain)
D
Now now, yeah!Gm
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About this song: You Know What They Do To Guys Like Us In Prison
The song is about a man who is involved in a crime ("In the middle of a gunfight, in the center of a restaurant"). He believes that the police will be unable to catch him ("Well they're never gonna get me, I'm like a bullet through a flock of doves"), but he is arrested and sent to prison. The rest of the song refers to prison life: "Will they give me the chair or lethal injection or swing from a rope if you dare." This refers to the thoughts of the prisoner. Read more on Last.fm.