Hank Snow – Im Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail (Guitar)
Capo 1
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
| G7 | C |
[Verse 1]
C C7 I'm not in your town to stay, said a lady old and grey G7 G C To the warden of the penitentiary C7 I'm not in your town to stay and I'll soon be on my way G7 G C F I'm just here to get my baby out of jail (yes warden) G G7 C You know I want my baby out the jail
[Verse 2]
C C7 I tried to raise my baby right, I have prayed both day and night G7 G C That he wouldn't follow footsteps of his dad C7 I have searched both far and wide and I feared that he had died G7 G C F But at last I found my baby here in jail (yes warden) G G7 C You know it's good to find my baby here in jail
[Verse 3]
C C7 It was just five years today, when my husband passed away G7 G C He was found beneath the snow so cold and white C C7 't Was that I vowed to take his ring, his gold watch and his chain G7 G C F But the county laid my husband in the grave (yes warden) G G7 C The county laid my baby's papa in the grave
[Break]
| C | C | G | C F|
| G | C |
[Verse 4]
C C7 I will pawn you my watch, I will pawn you my ring G7 G C I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring C7 I will wash all your clothes, I will scrub all your floors G G7 C F If this will get my baby out of jail (yes warden) G G7 C You know I want my baby out of jail
[Verse 5]
C C7 Then I heard the warden say, to the lady old and grey G G7 C I'll go bring your darlin' baby to your side C7 Two iron gates swang wide apart, she held her darlin' to her heart G G7 C F She kissed her baby boy and then she died (but smiling) G G7 C In the arms of her dear darlin' boy she died