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Black And White

Cherryholmes
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Oh,  let me tell my story friend
 That you might learn  to stay  away from sin
I  took a life not mine to take
 Imprisoned for  this haunting  dread mistake
 My heart was harder than my soul
 They sentenced me to life without parole
 Where no one cares, we’re all the same
 And I must wear this number for my name
 Now life to me  is black and white
 I’ll wear these stripes  until  the day I die
 But this ball and chain  around my leg
 Won’t drag me down,  won’t drag me down
When  I am dead
 My mother prayed so hard for me
 She did her time down on bended knees
 But I was young and I had no fear
 Her pleading voice still echoes in my ear
 Don’t let the beauty blind your eyes
 This world is filled with discolored lies
 For greener fields don’t sell your soul
 You’ll think you’re rich with a pocket of fool’s gold
 I’d rather be in this dark cell
 Than to be free and die and go to hell
 God bless the day of my new birth
 I don’t have to pay the price that I deserve
 And when I’m dead  and take my flight
 I’ll leave behind  this world  of black and white

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Readable chord sheet for Black And White by Cherryholmes

Key: [Cm]
Chords: [Cm], [Fm], [Gm], [Ab]

[Cm]Oh, let me tell my story friend
That you might l[Fm]earn to s[Gm]tay away from [Cm]sin
[Cm]I took a life not mine to take
Imprisoned [Fm]for this [Gm]haunting dread mis[Cm]take

My heart was harder than my soul
They sentenced me to life without parole
Where no one cares, we’re all the same
And I must wear this number for my name

Now life to [Ab]me is black and [Cm]white
I’ll wear these [Fm]stripes un[Gm]til the day I [Cm]die
But this ball and c[Ab]hain around my [Cm]leg
Won’t drag me [Fm]down, won’t drag me down
[Gm]When I am [Cm]dead

My mother prayed so hard for me
She did her time down on bended knees
But I was young and I had no fear
Her pleading voice still echoes in my ear

Don’t let the beauty blind your eyes
This world is filled with discolored lies
For greener fields don’t sell your soul
You’ll think you’re rich with a pocket of fool’s gold

I’d rather be in this dark cell
Than to be free and die and go to hell
God bless the day of my new birth
I don’t have to pay the price that I deserve

[Ending]
And when I’m [Ab]dead and take my [Cm]flight
I’ll leave be[Fm]hind this [Gm]world of black and [Cm]white