Prisoners
Regina SpektorVersion1TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
TuningE2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high) Download chord source (.txt)
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All of the prisoners serving life sentences
Wait for the earth to suddenly shake
For the walls to somehow suddenly come crumbling, tumbling and
For the bars to somehow magically break
Aw, There's nothing wrong with them
That a thousand bucks can't fix
That a thousand arms can't hold down
In the ground they're tattooing the stones with
Cusses like cavemen - your momma was here
But they want to run through the air with no barriers or obstacles
Gunmen or guard dogs or priests
And to rise from the mud and start over and over
With the people all dead.
If Hans Christian Andersen could've had his way with me
Then none of this shit would have ever gone down
In my cell I'm tattooing myself with
Mermaids and swallows and though I do swallow
My mama thinks I'm grown but I'm really just little
And someday I will remember
And someday I will remember
And someday I will remember
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Readable chord sheet for Prisoners by Regina Spektor
Tuning: E2 A2 D3 G3 B3 E4 (low to high)
[Am]All of the prisoners serving life s[Dm]entences [Am]Wait for the earth to suddenly sha[Dm]ke [E] [F]For the walls to somehow suddenly come crumbling, tumbling and [E] [Dm]For the bars to somehow magically [E]break [Am]Aw, There's nothing wrong with them [Dm]That a thousand bucks can't fix [Am]That a thousand arms can't hold down[Dm] [E] [F]In the ground they're tattooing the sto[E]nes with [Dm]Cusses like cavemen - your momma was here [E] [F]But they want to run through the air with no barriers or obstacl[C]es [F]Gunmen or guard dogs or priests [C] [F]And to rise from the mud and start over and over[C] [F]With the people all dead[D7]. [Am]If Hans Christian Andersen could've had his way with me Then none of this shit would have ever gone down In my cell I'm tattooing myself with Mermaids and swallows and though I do swallow My mama thinks I'm grown but I'm really just little [Am]And someday I will [Dm]remember [F] [E] [Am]And someday I will [Dm]remember [F] [E] [Am]And someday I will [Dm]remember [F] [E]