The
Prisoner (Difford/Tilbrook)
Verse 1
D G A D
He's taking her away
G A D
He's acting like a general
D G A D
Generally is game
Bm A F#m Bm
Is so familiar
D G A D
He wants her to play
G A D
With a toaster and a kettle
D G A D
While he spends his days
Bm A F#m Bm
Miles from the prisoner
Bridge 1
G D A E
She reads the stars, he reads the sun
G D G A
No wonder his IQ is below twenty-one
Verse 2
D G A D
He's helping her to see
G A D
How happy she is looking
D G A D
Take it that he'll be
Bm A F#m Bm
No icing on her cake
D G A D
Oh how happy she would be
G A D
If someone did the cooking
D G A D
He's helping her to see
Bm A F#m Bm
How marriage can be baked
Bridge 2
G D A E
Baked like a cake but without a file
G D G A
The tool that she needs to make her life worthwhile
Chorus
D C G C G D C G
She's not a prisoner___________ alone doing time
C G D C G C G D C G
To love and to cherish_________ for all of her life
C G Bm A E G D C G
To have and to hold____________ to lock up inside
C G Bm A E G D C G
What can this man______________ know 'bout her heart?
G Em C#m A
To love, till death do us part
Verse 3
He's looking everywhere
She's nowhere to be found
And suddenly he cares
His dinners looking burnt
There's a smell in the air
There's a prisoner in town
He sit's down in his chair
His face fills with concern
Bridge 3
Concerned that he might not eat tonight
She's broken out of her chair and run for her life
Chorus
Outro
D D
She's not a prisoner, alone doing time
D G A D A D D G A D A D D G A D
N.C
D C F G
She's not a, she's not a
D G A D A D D G A D A D D G A D
DD CC FF GG
Transcribed by Lee Georgeson and Keith Sherriff.
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