A
We’ve moved on six miles from where
Bm7
we were yesterday
And
A/C#
yesterday is but a
Dm
long long ways away
A/C#
Amb5/C
Bm7
So we’ll camp
A/C#
out tonight
D
beneath the
B7
bright
starlight
And
A
forget rotten peaches and the
G
places we’ve
D
stayed
G/D
D
Dsus4
A
I left from the dockland
Bm7
two years ago now
Made my
A/C#
way over on the S.S. Ma
Dm
rie
A/C#
And I’ve
Bm7
always had
A/C#
trouble
D
wherever I’ve se
B7
ttled
A
Rotten peaches are
G
all that I
D
see
G
Rotten peaches
A
rotting in the
D
sun
G
Seems I’ve seen that devil
A
fruit since the world
D
begun
A
Mercy I’m a c
E/G#
riminal,
Bm7
Jesus I’m the o
B7
ne
Rotten p
A
eaches
G
rotting in the
D
sun
There ain’t no green grass in a U.S. state prison
There is no one to hold when you’re sick for your wife
And each day out you’ll pick, you’ll pick rotten peaches
You’ll pick rotten peaches for the rest of your life
Oh I’ve had me my fill of cocaine and pills
For I lie in the light of the Lord
And my home is ten thousand, ten thousand miles away
And I guess I won’t see it no more
La la la
A
la la la
la la la
G
la la la
la la la
D
la la la
