G                G7              C            G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am,
                                  D    A D
but they won't let my secret go untold.
   G              G7                      C               G
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied,
                   D              G
now I'm a branded man out in the cold

               G             G7        C               G
    When they let me out of prison, I held my head up high,
                                        D   A D
    determined I would rise above the shame.
            G             G7           C                 G
    But no matter where I travel, the black mark follows me,
                        D            G
    I'm branded with a number on my name.

    G                G7              C            G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am,
                                  D    A D
but they won't let my secret go untold.
   G              G7                      C               G
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied,
                   D              G
now I'm a branded man out in the cold

          G           G7                   C              G
    If I live to be a hundred, guess I'll never clear my name,
                                         D   A D
    'cause everybody knows I've been in jail.
        G               G7                   C                    G
    No matter where I'm living, I've got to tell them where I've been,
                                D          G
    or they'll send me back to prison if I fail.

    G                G7              C            G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am,
                                  D    A D
but they won't let my secret go untold.
   G              G7                      C               G
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied,
                   D              G
now I'm a branded man out in the cold,
            D                    G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold.