G    330023
Am   012200
C    010230
E    000220
D    232000
B/C  010020 (Where this exists, you are walking down from C to Am) I don't know how to annotate this.
F#/D 232002 

A combination of strumming and finger picking.
There are various hammer ons and pull offs.
You need to listen for these.


Intro with Harmonica(His harmonica is in C)
C   E

   G                     Am
My name is inmate number 30268
      C              G
and I decided not to stay
  E                         D    
I doubt they’ll kick up any dust or roadblocks
       C   B/C        Am
for an old crook like me

      G                Am
I was in the path of a tornado
       C                 G
I just didn’t expect the spinning
      E                  D
would last as long as it has you know,
     C    B/C   Am           D
so I keep repeating.  I just keep repeating


[Chorus]
G    F#/D            E      C  B/C              Am        
      There’s always hope.  No good thing ever dies.
    D                 E                     C  B/C  Am
The river is carrying each one of us to the fi—nish line.
    D                         G
One day we’ll be on the other side.


With Harmonica
E D C B/C Am D G


          G               Am
These are not the chosen themes.
C                                       G
  These are the themes that have chosen me.
        E              D
and I’m writing for my life 
                C           B/C            Am
It’s a terrible thing to be afraid all the time
         G                          Am
When you reach the point of a death wish.
    C               G
The feeling that anything 
    E            D
has got to be better than this, 
          C    B/C  Am          D
then just keep repeating.  just go on repeating


[Chorus]
G    F#/D            E      C  B/C             Am        
      There’s always hope.  No good thing ever dies.
       D              E                     C  B/C  Am
The river is carrying each one of us to the fi—nish line.
    D                         E    C    B/C  Am
One day we’ll be on the other side.
    D                         G
One day we’ll be on the other side.