Branded Man
Vince Gill
Album: Bakersfield (2013)

Capo 1 (Recorded in Ab)

G                                   C             G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
                                 D7
But they won't let my secret go untold
   G                                     C              G
I paid the debt I owed them but they're still not satisfied
                  D7              G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
 
G                            C               G
They let me out of prison I held my head up high
                                   D7
Determined I would rise above the shame
     G                         C                G
No matter where I traveled a black mark follows me
                    D7           G
I'm branded with a number on my name
 
G                                   C             G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
                                 D7
But they won't let my secret go untold
   G                                     C              G
I paid the debt I owed them but they're still not satisfied
                  D7              G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold

                                        C              G
If I live to be a hundred I guess I'll never clear my name
                                    D7
Cause everybody knows I've been in jail
    G                                   C                    G
No matter where I'm living I've got to tell them where I've been
                         D7          G
They'll send me back to prison if I fail
 
G                                   C             G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
                                 D7
But they won't let my secret go untold
   G                                     C              G
I paid the debt I owed them but they're still not satisfied
                  D7              G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold

             D7                   G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold