Misc Traditional – Back In Durham Jail (Guitar)
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Back in Durham Gaol
Words and music by Jez Lowe
[Verse 1]
D G I’m a poor man as honest as they come D A I never was a thief until they caught me, D G The judge said he saw my hands were red, D A D No matter how I pled they found me guilty, A D There was no bail; off to Durham Gaol A D I went knowing nothing now can save me, A D Calamities they always come in threes, D A D And that’s how many months it was he gave me.
[Chorus]
G D A D And it’s no never in the live-long day, G D A D You’ll not find me back in Durham Gaol. G D A D No never in the live-long day, G D A D You’ll not find me back in Durham Gaol.
[Verse 2]
D G ‘Twas a grey day when first I went astray, D A The devil take the man who came to tempt me, D G For in no time my life was one of crime, D A D And now you see the trouble that it’s got me. A D There are four bare walls at which to stare, A D Me food and me lodgings are all paid for, A D You can’t see the turning of the key, D A D To hear it turning back is all you wait for.
[Chorus]
G D A D And it’s no never in the live-long day, G D A D You’ll not find me back in Durham Gaol. G D A D No never in the live-long day, G D A D You’ll not find me back in Durham Gaol.
[Verse 3]
D G Sad to say, here I am to stay, D A With only iron bars around to lean on, D G I get a cold bath to dampen down me wrath, D A D Though it’s barely just a month ago I had one, A D And God knows, I need a suit of clothes, A D You’d think they could’ve found a one to fit me A D Me boots would be fine if they were both a nine, D A D I’m walking like a fall of stones had hit me
[Chorus]
G D A D And it’s no never in the live-long day, G D A D You’ll not find me back in Durham Gaol. G D A D No never in the live-long day, G D A D You’ll not find me back in Durham Gaol.
[Verse 4]
D G And I’m sure that me mother’s heart would break, D A To see me in a state of such repentance, D G I’m glad she’s not around to see, D A D And I’ll be out before she finishes her sentence, A D The sun will shine, I’ll leave it all behind, A D Knowing I’ve done my time and done my duty, A D And out of the gates on the narrow and the straight, D A D To the place where I have buried all the booty.
[Chorus]
G D A D And it’s no never in the live-long day, G D A D You’ll not find me back in Durham Gaol. G D A D No never in the live-long day, G D A D You’ll not find me back in Durham Gaol.
[Chorus]
G D A D And it’s no never in the live-long day, G D A D You’ll not find me back in Durham Gaol. G D A D No never in the live-long day, G D A D You’ll not find me back in Durham Gaol. G D A D You’ll not find me back in Durham Gaol.