Prisoner
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Written by the Levellers. B-side to the the Make You Happy single (I think).
Transcription by Leigh Palfrey. Added to site 31st March 2017.
INTRO
Am F G Em x2
VERSE I
Am F G Em
Five in the morning an hour before dawn, they wake her up in her bed
Am F G G
Standing over her body, and holding a gun to her head
Am F
She says "why have you come, oh and what have I done"
G Em
They'll tell her "it's come to defeat"
Am F G G
Then they kick through her paintings, and drag her out into the street
CHORUS
Am F G G
Oh my love, don't take any-more
Am F G G
Oh my love, break down the door
Am F G Em
VERSE II
Am F
By day they take her, and interiogate her
G Em
and tell her "she's crude and insane"
Am F G G
but by night the same keepers, will steal in and rape her aain
Am F
She can't see who they are, through the thick black bars
G Em
That cast shadows over her eyes
Am F G G
And if she resists, they'll beat hear with fists til she cries
CHORUS
Am F G G
Oh my love, don't take any-more
Am F G G
Oh my love, break down the door
Am F G G
Oh my love, there's a sun in the east
Am F G Em
Its your release
Am F G Em x5
VERSE III
Am F
So you the dictator, whose choosen to hate her
G Em
tellin' ya to listen to me
Am F
There are others who'll fight for the right
G G
to be tender and free
Am F
If she dies at your hands, just you understand
G Em
I've a knife that is sharp and clean
Am F
And i'll paint in your blood, til it turns to a flood
G G
Let her be
CHORUS
Am F G G
Oh my love, don't take any-more
Am F G G
Oh my love, break down the door
Am F G G
Oh my love, there's a sun in the east
Am
It's your release
