JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Merle Haggard adalah salah satu musikus country berpengaruh asal Amerika yang melantunkan singel "Branded Man".
Rilis pada 1967, lagu ini adalah singel kedua dari album keempatnya yang berjudul sama.
Saat diluncurkan lagu ini langsung menempati posisi pertama dalam Billboard Hot Country Songs.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Always Wanting You - Merle Haggard
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Branded Man" oleh Merle Haggard.
G C G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
D
But they won't let my secret go untold
G C G
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied
D G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
G C G
When they let me out of prison, I held my head up high
D
Determined I would rise above the shame
G C G
But no matter where I'm living, the black mark follows me
D G
I'm branded with a number on my name
G C G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
D
But they won't let my secret go untold
G C G
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied
D G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold
G C G
If I live to be a hundred, I guess I'll never clear my name
D
'Cause everybody knows I've been in jail
G C G
No matter where I'm living,I've got to tell them where I've been
D G
Or they'll send me back to prison if I fail
G C G
I'd like to hold my head up and be proud of who I am
D
But they won't let my secret go untold
G C G
I paid the debt I owed them, but they're still not satisfied
D G
Now I'm a branded man out in the cold