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DO
I stood before the judge that day
FA DO
As he refused my bail
And I knew that I would spend my time
SOL
Awaiting trial in jail
DO
I said there is no justice
FA DO
As they led me out of the door
FA DO
And the judge said, "This isn't a court of justice son
SOL DO
This is a court of law".
DO
They first sent me to Windsor
FA DO
And then to Stoke on Trent
In a holding cell in Liverpool
SOL
Three days and nights I spent
DO
My solicitor can't find me
FA DO
And my family don't know
FA DO
I keep telling them that I'm innocent
SOL DO DO7
They just say, "Come on son, in you go."
FA DO
I was picked up on suspicion of something I haven't done
DO SI/DO LA/DO SOL/DO SOL
Here I sit in 'F' wing waiting for my trial to come
FA DO FA
It's a cruel unusual punishment that society demands
DO SOL DO
Innocent till proven guilty, rotting on remand
FA DO SOL DO LA7
RE
I ended up in this jail
SOL RE
Built in 18-82
When one man to one prison cell
LA
Was a Victorian value
RE
Now three of us are squeezed in here
SOL RE
And you can't escape the smell
SOL RE
Of that bucket in the corner
LA RE
And we eat in here as well
They let me out of this cage
SOL RE
To slop that bucket out
To get my food and bring it back
LA
And if I'm lucky, get a shower
RE
Apart from one hours exercise
SOL RE
I'm locked in here all day
SOL RE
You don't turn criminals into citizens
LA RE RE7
By treating them this way
SOL RE
Is the prize of law and order the stench of Wormwood Scrubs
RE DO#/RE SI/RE LA/RE LA
With judges quick to sentence sending more down from above
SOL RE SOL
It's a cruel unusual punishment that society demands
RE LA RE
Innocent till proven guilty, rotting on remand G D A D ...
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