A           E                 A             
After seven years behind these bars together
     A                    E                A          A7
I'll miss you more than a brother when you go, when you go
   D                       A
If only I had not tried to escape
       D                    A           E
They'd barred me with you I know, yes I know


          A                   E                 A
Won't you tell the folks back home I'll soon be coming?
          A               E                      A       A7
And don't let them know I never will be free, be free, be free
D                                       A
Sometimes write and tell me how they're doing
           E7                        A
And send a picture of mother back to me


D                              A
Say hello to Dad and shake his poor hardworking hand
           E7                       A
And send a picture of mother if you can


    A         E            A
I'm happy for you that you got your freedom
    A                  E                A     A7
But stay with me just another minute or so, or so
D                             A
After all this sweating blood together
       D                               A            E
Who'll be my fighting partner when you go, when you go


    A                 E            A
The hardest time will be on Sunday morning
A                 E             A       A7
Church bells will ring on Heaven Hill, Heaven Hill
D                                 A
Please ask Reverend Garrett to pray for me
           E7                        A
And send a picture of mother if you will


D                              A
Say hello to Dad and shake his poor hardworking hand
           E7                        A
And send a picture of mother if you can