(intro) C G G D G

     G                                    C                    G
    I've been in jail eleven years and parole has just come through,
                                                             D
    the gates will soon swing open wide but I'm not going through.
     C                              G
    Jail's the only home I know or care to know about,
                                         D                 G    G7
    please let me stay where I belong, please don't let me out.!

 C                                      G
How could I tell those friends of mine they've seen the last of me,
                                             D
can't I make you understand I never can be free ?
         C                               G
'Cause that's a big unfriendly world and I don't know the route
                                     D                 G
that leads to where I may belong, please don't let me out!

( C G G D G )

      G                             C              G
    I had to learn to get along without a lot of things,
                                                                D
    and I had to learn to live with the loneliness confinement brings.
           C                                    G
    And I learnt to take no mail from home or whatever came about,
                                         D                 G   G7
    now I'm dug in and I'm happy here, please don't let me out!

 C                                      G
How could I tell those friends of mine they've seen the last of me,
                                             D
can't I make you understand I never can be free ?
         C                               G
'Cause that's a big unfriendly world and I don't know the route
                                     D                 G  G7
that leads to where I may belong, please don't let me out!
       C                               G
Yes, that's a big unfriendly world and I don't know the route
                                    D          D7      G
that leads to where I may belong, please don't let me out!