Stone Walls and Steel Bars

Source Recording Artist: The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys

Album: Single (Stone Walls and Steel Bars) (1963)

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Song Details

Title: Stone Walls and Steel Bars

Songwriter(s):

Roy Marcum

Ray Pennington

First Release: The Stanley Brothers and the Clinch Mountain Boys (1963)

Themes: Murder, Infidelity, Law Breaking

Source Recording Details

Key: A

Time Signature: Waltz

Tempo (BPM): 178

Track Length: 2:09

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Fiddle:

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Audio/Video Recordings

Stone Walls and Steel Bars

1 4 1
Stone walls and steel bars a love on my mind
5 1
I’m a three time loser I’m long gone this time
 

5 4 1
Jealousy has took my young life
5 4 1
All for the love of another man’s wife
4
But I’ve had it coming I’ve known all the time
1 5 1
No more stone walls and steel bars or you on my mind
 

Gray-haired warden deep Frisco Bay
Guards all around me leading my way
But I’ve had it coming at the end of the line
No more stone walls and steel bars or you on my mind

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