Eric Clapton

Released: August 27, 1976

Songwriter: Alfred Fields

Producer: Rob Fraboni

[Verse]
They picked me up
Put me in the county jail
They picked me up
Put me in the county jail
They would not let my woman
Come and post my bail

Now I am in prison
I have almost done my time
Now I am in prison
I have almost done my time
They gave me six months
I had to work out nine

I know my baby
She is going to jump and shout
I know my baby
She is going to jump and shout
When the train comes in
And I come walking out

[Outro]
Take these stripes from around me
Chains from around my legs
Take these stripes from around me
Chains from around my legs
The stripes do not hurt me
The chains could kill me dead

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, (born 30 March 1945) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time” and fourth in Gibson’s “Top 50 Guitarists of All Time”.

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