The White Stripes – Womens Prison (Guitar)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Tab Definitions: | A: x02220 | s4: x02230 (Asus4) | D: xx0232 | E: 022100 | Bb: 688766

| Eb: x68886								  
  F: x|8|10|10|10|8

|Bb5: x133xx

|Db5: x466xx								  
|  p: Pull ogf

| x: Muted note This song is made difficult by the half-step key change after the fourth verse. The switch from open chords to bar chords is not very appealing, so it may sound better to keep the song in A major throughout.

INTRO:
      /G A   s4    A      /G A   s4 A      /G A   s4    A        /G A   s4 A
e|-------0---0-0-0-----------0---0--0---------0-----------0---------0---0--0
B|-------2---3-3-3p2---------2---3--2---------2---3-3-3p2-----------2---3--2
G|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2
D|-x-x---2-------------x-x---2----------x-x---2---------------x-x---2---2--2
A|-x-x---0-------------x-x---0----------x-x---0---------------x-x---0---0--0
E|-----3-------------------3----------------3---------------------3---------
VERSE 1:

A
I'm in a women's prison

     D         A
With bars all around

  E
I caught my darlin' cheatin'

       D               A
That's when I shot him down

I caught him in a honky-tonk

       D              A
With a girl I used to know

    E
The door to my cell is open wide

      D                     A    Asus4 A  /G A  Asus4 A
And a voice cries out, "Oh, no!"

VERSE 2:

    A
The judge says I'm guilty

   D              A
My sentence is to die

  E
I know I've been forgiven

        D                A
But the price of love is high

CHORUS:

          D
There's a crowd outside screamin',

                   A
"Let that murderer die"

     D
But above all their voices

                   E
I can hear my mama cry

VERSE 3:

    A
I'm sittin' here on death row

     D                  A
And, Lord, I've lost my mind

    E
For love I've killed my darlin'

        D                 A    Asus4 A  /G A  Asus4 A
And for love I'll lose my life

VERSE 4:

      Bb
I can hear the warden coming

         Eb              Bb
From the clinging of his keys

    F
But when they come to get me

                Eb             Bb
They'll have to drag me off my knees

The door to my cell swings open

     Eb             Bb
It's time for me to go

    F
The priest is readin' my last rights

          Eb                         Bb
He says, "Dyin's part of livin', you know"

CHORUS:

          Eb
There's a crowd outside screamin',

                   Bb
"Let that murderer fry"

     Eb
But above all their voices

                     F     Bb
You can hear my mama cry

VERSE 5:

Bb
Now they've strapped me in the chair

    Eb
And covered up my eyes

        F
And the last voice I hear on Earth

             Bb
Is my mama's cry

"Amazing Grace how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now am found Was blind, but now I see" Played 8x: Bb5 Db5 Db5 Bb