Billie Joe And Norah – Im Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail chords

"I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail"


         A"I'm not in your town to stay,"
       Asaid a lady old and gray
       E                       Ato the warden of the penitentiary
         A"I'm not in your town to stay
         AAnd I'll soon be on my way
    E                               AI'm just here to get my baby out of jail
   D                E                           AOh warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"

            A"I tried to raise my baby right
       AI have prayed both day and night
        E                                AThat he wouldn't follow footsteps of his dad
       AI have searched both far and wide
      AAnd I feared that he had died
       E                                ABut at last I've found my baby here in jail
   D          E                               AOh warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail"

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        A"It was just five years today
         AWhen his daddy passed away
       E                                  AHe was found beneath the snow so cold and white
             AT’was then I bowed to take his ring
        AAnd his gold watch and his chain
         E                            AThen the county laid his daddy in the grave
    D           E                            AYes warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave"

        A"I will pawn you his watch
       AI will pawn you his chain
       E                           AI will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
       AI will wash all your clothes
       AI will scrub all your floors
   E                            AIf that will get my baby out of jail
    D          E                            AYes warden, if that will get my baby out of jail"

       AThen I heard the warden say
       Ato the lady old and gray:
         E                               A"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side"
         ATwo iron gates swung wide apart
             A She held her darling to her heart
    E                                AShe kissed her baby boy and then she died
    D            E                                ABut smiling, she kissed her baby boy and then she died

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         A"I'm not in your town to stay,"
       Asaid a lady old and gray
          E                          A"I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
    D                E                          AYes warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"


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