[Refrain]
G                                  C              G 
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am 
                                  D 
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 
                  D              G 
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
[Strophe]
G                                 C               G 
When they let me out of prison, I held my head up high 
                                  D 
Determined I would rise above the shame 
       G                            C                  G 
But no matter where I'm living, the black mark follows me 
                   D            G 
I'm branded with a number on my name
[Refrain]
G                                  C              G 
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am 
                                  D 
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 
                  D              G 
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
[Strophe]
G                                      C              G 
If I live to be a hundred,I guess I'll never clear my name 
                                    D 
'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 
                           D           G 
Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail
[Refrain]
G                                  C              G 
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am 
                                  D 
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 
                  D              G 
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold 
                  D              G 
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold