Leadbelly

In the echo hall Stood the prisoner of a cold cell A man of any age filled the sunlit cage Dead or living you could hardly tell [Chorus] He spent 30 years swingin' his arms on the old chain gang Where the sound of the steel guitars and the pickaxe rang He was hard as the cold iron bars as in the place he slept But when he played his song men laughed and children wept Leadbelly you had better find a song to say you're true Because the wardens come and you won't see the sun tomorrow, unless you do [Repeat Chorus] In the echo hall Stood the prisoner of a cold cell He had killed a man - son of the bottom land Dead or living you could hardly tell [Repeat Chorus] [Final Chorus] Leadbelly you had better find a song to say you're true Leadbelly live forever in these tortured jailhouse blues

[Verse] ||: D / / F# / / G / / D | B - A | | D / / F# / / G | D | A (/: :||) [Pre-Chorus] |: C | G | D | / :| G A || (3x) [Chorus] |: D | A/C# | C | B7 | E- | D | A (/: :||) [Structure] Pre-Chorus Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus x2 End on Pre-Chorus