G
Please don't wait for me darling 
   C                      G
We could never be happy I know
     D7
I'll always be a ex convict 
                       G
And branded wherever I go


I received the letter you wrote dear 
   C                             G
In which you said you'd wait for me
    D7
I'm asking you to please not wait dear 
                              G
It will only ruin your life I see



Please don't wait for me darling 
   C                      G
We could never be happy I know
     D7
I'll always be a ex convict 
                       G
And branded wherever I go



In three years my sentence is over 
    C                        G
The gate will swing wide for me
    D7
The warden will say I'm a free man 
                          G
But my name will never be free



Please don't wait for me darling 
   C                      G
We could never be happy I know
     D7
I'll always be a ex convict 
                       G
And branded wherever I go




May God bless you for your kindness 
       C                               G
You've stuck with me through thick and thin
  D7
I love you too much to disgrace you 
                         G
In closing God bless you again



Please don't wait for me darling 
   C                      G
We could never be happy I know
     D7
I'll always be a ex convict 
                       G
And branded wherever I go