At the end of the second line of each verse he walks up from G to C
Intro
G D C G G
Verse 1:
G D C G
I've got a sad sad story friends that I don't like to tell,
G D C G
I had a home and family when they locked me in this cell,
C D C G
I've been in here eighteen years, a long, long time I know,
G D C G G
But time don't mean a thing to me, 'cause I've got life to go.
Verse 2:
G D C G
Well I went one night where the lights were bright just to see what I could see,
G D C G
I met up with an old friend who thought the world of me,
C D C G
Well he bought me drinks and took me to every honky tonk in town,
G D C G G
Words were said, and now he's dead, I just had to bring him down.
Verse 3:
G D C G
Well it's been a long long time now, since I've heard from my wife,
G D C G
I know I'd be there with her if I hadn't used that knife,
C D C G
Well I bet that little girl of mine don't realize or know,
G D C G G
Her Daddies's been here eighteen years, I still got life to go.
Verse 4:
G D C G
Well I'll bet there's not one man outside who's spent this long in jail.
G D C G
I'll be here in this prison 'til my body's just a shell.
C D C G
No, I can't be free to go and see the one's that I love so.
G D C G
I've been in here eighteen years and still have life to go
C G
I still have life to go (repeat and fade)