How to Play Prisoner on Guitar?

Miley Cyrus - Prisoner can be played in the key of Am using the Am, Em, F, Dm, G, E chords. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Prisoner with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Miley Cyrus - Prisoner Chords

Chord reference Am, Em, F, Dm, G, E

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[Am]Prisoner, prisoner, locked up, can’t get you [Em]off my mind, off my mind Lord knows I tried a [F]million times, million times, oh woah [Dm]Why can’t you, why can’t you just let me [Am]go?

[Am]Strung out on a [Em]feeling, my hands are tied [Am]Your face on my [Em]ceiling, I fantasize [F]Oh, I can’t [Dm]control it, I can’t [Am]control it ([Em]I can’t control it) [Am]I try to [Em]replace it with city lights [Am]I’ll never [Em]escape it, I need the high [F]Oh, I can’t [Dm]control it, I can’t [Am]control it (Control it, [Em]oh)

You keep making it [F]harder to [G]stay, but I [Am]still can’t run [E]away I gotta [F]know why can’t you, why can’t you just let me go?

[Am]Prisoner, prisoner, locked up, can’t get you [Em]off my mind, off my mind Lord knows I tried a [F]million times, million times, oh woah [Dm]Why can’t you, why can’t you just let me [Am]go? [Am]Prisoner, prisoner, locked up, can’t get you [Em]off my mind, off my mind Lord knows I tried a [F]million times, million times, oh woah [Dm]Why can’t you, why can’t you just let me [Am]go?

[Am]I tasted Heaven now I [Em]can’t live without it [Am]I can’t forget you when your [Em]love is the loudest [F]Oh, I can’t [Dm]control it, I can’t [Am]control it (Can’t co[Em]ntrol it)

You keep making it [F]harder to [G]stay (Oh I), but I [Am]still can’t run [E]away I gotta [F]know why can’t you, why can’t you just let me go?

[Am]Can’t get you [Em]off my mind, why can’t you just let [F]me go? Million times I wanna know [Dm]why can’t you, why can’t you, I wanna know [Dm]why can’t you, why can’t you I gotta know [Dm]why can’t you, why can’t you just let me go?

Artist Miley Cyrus

Album Plastic Hearts

Genres Pop, Rock

Year 2020

Key Am

Miley Cyrus - Prisoner can be played in the key of Am using the Am, Em, F, Dm, G, E chords.

For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For Dm, To play Dm, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute G, B.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Prisoner with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.