Cell Song

	  		

          D                          G 
There's a tiny little window and the sun comes shining through 
D                                  G       Em 
Dancing with the dust that's in my cell 
          D                                  G 
There's a sparrow sitting on the sill and he stays for a minute or two 
         D                 G                     A 
But he's frightened by the ringing of the bell 

          D                              G                
There's a bed that I must lie on when at night I take my rest 
      D                                  G       A 
And a chair for me to sit on through the day 
    D                      G 
The men who wait beside me always know what's best 
      D               G                A                    
For a man who doesn't have too much to say 

        D                             G                    A 
Throw a laugh into the corner, blow a tear against the wall 
D                                 G 
Learn a game to play, improve the mind 
   D                                     G 
Confess your sins, you sinner, and think how the seconds fall 
D                 G                    A 
Leave all earthly cares and woes behind 

    D                                 G             Em 
And when my short affair with life is ended and I'm gone 
         D                                G      
Will you tell the world the story of John Lee? 
D                              G                   
All you see is nothing and yet everything lives on 
D             G                 A 
I was born to pay the hangman's fee