Lirik dan Chord Lagu Walls of Red Wing - Joan Baez

Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio kesembilan miliknya yang bertajuk Any Day Now.

Album yang dirilis melalui Vanguard Records itu berhasil mencapai peringkat ke-30 di Billboard Pop Albums.

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Walls of Red Wing” dari Joan Baez:

[Intro]

G D A D

[Verse 1]
              D
Oh, the age of the inmates
   G                         D
I remember quite freely:

No younger than twelve,
      E                       A
No older 'n seventeen.
D
Thrown in like bandits
        G                   D
And cast off like criminals,
G               D
Inside the walls,
        A                   D
The walls of Red Wing.

[Verse 2]
                D
From the dirty old mess hall
        G                    D
You march to the brick wall,

Too weary to talk
              E             A
And too tired to sing.
             D
Oh, it's all afternoon
        G                        D
You remember your home town,
G               D
Inside the walls,
        A                   D
The walls of Red Wing.

[Verse 3]
              D
Oh, the gates are cast iron
              G                          D
And the walls are barbed wire.

Stay far from the fence
               E               A
With the 'lectricity sting.
               D
And age keep your head down
        G                   D
And stay in your number,
G               D
Inside the walls,
        A                   D
The walls of Red Wing.

[Verse 4]
             D
Oh, it's fare thee well
            G                    D
To the deep hollow dungeon,

Farewell to the boardwalk
         E                           A
That takes you to the screen.
                   D
Farewell to the minutes
          G                   D
They threaten you with it,
G               D
Inside the walls,
        A                   D
The walls of Red Wing.

G D A D

[Outro]
            D
As the rain rattled heavy
            G                   D
On the bunk house shingles,

And the sounds in the night,
          E                      A
They made my ears ring.
              D
Well the keys of the guards
                   G                  D
Clicked the tune of the morning,
G               D
Inside the walls,
        A                    D
The walls of Red Wing.

        D
Oh, some of us will wind up
    G               D
In St. Cloud Prison,

And some of us will will go on
           E                    A
To be lawyers and things,
        D
And some of us will wind up
        G                             D
And meet you on your crossroads,
G                D
From Inside the walls,
        A                   D
The walls of Red Wing.