Innocent Man
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
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An innocent man
Went down that chain-gang line;
An innocent man
Is a pretty hard man to find.
An innocent man
Done went to Alcatraz;
That innocent man
Got a good long time to pass.
I’m an innocent man
Got a work chain ‘round my leg;
I’m an innocent man
Got ninety-nine years to pay.
I’m an innocent man
They’ve got me on this rock;
I’m an innocent man
But the big steel door is locked.
I’m an innocent man
I wouldn’t do you harm;
I’m an innocent man
But, I’m slavin’ on the county farm.
I’m an innocent man
My judge done give me life;
I’m an innocent man
My lawyer took my wife.
I’m an innocent man
This lockup tank is full;
I’m an innocent man
I didn’t have no inside pull.
I’m an innocent man
I got my lifetime here to wait;
Your guilty man
Sprees around in a Cadillac Eight.
That guilty man
Got a mansion here in town;
This innocent man
Two sixes upside down.
Your guilty man
Smokes a big twobit ceegars;
I’m an innocent man
I’ve got my hard, hard steel bars.
You’re a guilty man
He lives on chicken and wine;
I’m an innocent man
I eat beans most all the time.
That guilty man’s
Got an office in your town;
I’m an innocent man
On a chain gang lifetime bound.
That guilty man’s
Got an office in your town;
I’m an innocent man
On a chain gang lifetime bound.
© Copyright 1961 (renewed) and 1963 (renewed) by Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. & TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI)
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