Vernon Dalhart The Prisoner's Song (with lyrics and chords)

CAPO: 1st FRET/KEY: Eb/PLAY: D [D] Oh, I wish I had someone to [G] love me Some-[A7] one to call me their [D] own Oh, I wish I had someone to [G] live with &I&[A7] tired of livin&a-[D] lone. Oh, please meet me tonight in the moonlight Please meet me tonight all alone For I have a sad story to tell you It&a story that&never been told. I&be carried to the new jail tomorrow Leavin&my poor darlin&alone With the cold prison bars all around me And my head on a pillow of stone. Now I have a grand ship on the ocean All mounted with silver and gold And before my poor darlin&would suffer Oh, that ship would be anchored and sold. Now if I had wings like an angel Over these prison walls I would fly And I&fly to the arms of my poor darlin' And there I&be willin&to die. SOURCE: THE SMITHSONIAN COLLECTION