3/4 time
[INRODUCTION last two lines of a verse]
G G C C
G G D G G G
[Verse 1]
G G C C
It was Christmas in prison and the food was real good
G G G D D
We had turkey and pistols carved out of wood
G G C C
And I dream of her always even when I don't dream
G G D G
Her name's on my tongue and her blood's in my stream
[Chorus]
D D C G
Wait awhile eternity
C C G D D
Old Mother Nature's got nothing on me
G G C C
Come to me, run to me Come to me now
G G D G
We're rolling, my sweetheart We're flowing by God
[INSTRMENTAL VERSE]
[Verse 2]
G / C /
She reminds me of a chess game with someone I admire
G / / D /
Or a picnic in the rain after a prairie fire
G / C /
Her heart is as big as this whole goddamn jail
G / D G
And she's sweeter than saccharin at a drug store sale
[Chorus]
[INSTRMENTAL VERSE]
[Verse 3]
G G C C
The search light in the big yard swings 'round with the gun
G G G D D
And the spot lights the snowflakes like the dust in the sun
G G C C
It's Christmas in prison, there'll be music tonight
G G D G
I'll probably get homesick, I love you, goodnight
[CHORUS]
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