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Chords in this song3
capo 1 — sounds a semitone higherVerse 1
"I'm not in your town to stay" said a lady old and gray
to the warden of the penitentiary.
"I'm not in your town to stay and I'll soon be on my way,
A7 D**
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail.
G** A7 D
Oh, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail".
Verse 2
"I tried to raise my baby right, I have prayed both day and night
that he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad.
I have searched both far and wide and I feared that he had died
A7 D**
but at last I've found my baby here in jail.
G** A7 D
Oh, warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail".
Verse 3
"It was just 5 years today when his daddy passed away,
he was found beneath the snow so cold and white.
't Was then I vowed to take his ring and his goldwatch and his chain,
A7 D**
then the county laid his daddy in the grave.
G** A7 D
Yes, warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave"
Verse 4
"I will pawn you his watch, I will pawn you his chain,
I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring.
I will wash all your clothes, I will scrub all your floors
A7 D**
if that will get my baby out of jail.
G** A7 D
Yes, warden, if that will get my baby out of jail".
Verse 5
Then I heard the warden say to the lady old and gray:
"I'll go bring your darlin' baby to your side".
Two iron gates swang wide apart, she held her darlin' to her heart,
A7 D**
she kissed her baby boy and then she died.
G** A7 D
But, smiling, she kissed her baby boy and then she died.
Ending
"I'm not in your town to stay" said a lady old and gray,
A7 D**
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail.
G** A7 D*
Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
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