| D | D7 | D7 | G |

[Verse 1]
G                         C      G
 Why do you punish me for loving you?
                D                      G
You're counting my mistakes, how about yours?
                            C         G
Why do you sentence me?  To nights of tears
           D                                            G
Convicting all these dreams, I've dreamed for all these years

[Chorus]
   C                                   G
My heart cries out behind these prison bars
             D                 A              D
It pleads to you for your true love to set it free
           G              C      G
Why do you punish me?  Is love a crime?
            D                D7             G
If so, I'll spend a lifetime loving serving time

[Interlude]
| G | G | G C | G |
| G | D D7 | D7 | G |
(fiddle part)
| G | G | G C | G |
| G | D | D | G | G |
(piano part)

[Chorus]
   C                                   G
My heart cries out behind these prison bars
             D                 A              D
It pleads to you for your true love to set it free
           G              C      G
Why do you punish me?  Is love a crime?
            D                D7             G
If so, I'll spend a lifetime loving serving time