The Kinks – Holloway Jail (Ukulele)

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Kinks Muswell Hillbillies Am

		Am	(F	     G)	         Am  Am G Am
They took my baby 		to Holloway jail, 

		G	F		Am	
They took my baby,        down Holloway jail,

C (G -- D7) She was a lady when she went in,

		Am   (F	    G)	      Am    (Am G Am  Am G Am x10
Now she's in jail, 	and it's giving me hell. 

Am         	(F       	     G)         Am     (Am G Am x 2)
She was just succeeding in the city, 

Am         	(F       	     G)         Am     (Am G Am x2)
She was just beginning to excel, 

	     C		          G
And then a spiv named Frankie Simes 

	  C		D7
Led her to a life of crime, 

         D7		G	   C
And led her on the downward trail. 

Am                 (F       	     G)         Am     Am G Am
Frankie came home late from work one evening, 

Am         	   (F    G)       Am     Am G Am
The C.I.D. were hot on his trail, 

	     C		G
Frankie promised everything, 

		C		     D7
And then he went and turned her in, 

          D7		   G	    C
She went and took the rap for him

		G		 Am
Now she's impaled in Holloway jail. 

		Am	(F	  G)	 Am
They took my baby, down Holloway jail, 

		G      F		     	Am
They took my baby	 to Holloway jail

C (G---D7) There ain't no pity, there ain't no bail,

	       Am   	(F	       G)	     Am    (Am G Am)
And she assures me 	     that it's living hell. 

Am               (F   G)        Am     Am G Am
She was young and ever so pretty, 

Am         	 (F   G)     Am     Am G Am
Now she looks so old and pale, 

	C	     G
She never sees the day, 

	C		D7
She wastes her life away, 

D7		G	C
Sitting in that prison cell. 

		Am	(F	  	G)     Am    G   Am
They took my baby 		to Holloway jail, 

		    G      F		Am	G  Am
They locked my baby     in Holloway jail,

C (G -- D7) She was a lady when she went in,

		Am    F		G	Am   Am G   Am
Now she's in jail, and it's giving me hell. 

	    G			Am
She's impaled, in Holloway jail.