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A Week in a Country Jail chords by 
Tom T. Hall 
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Key: A major•BPM: 113
Verse 1
G
C
One time I spent a week
G
inside a little country jail
C
G
And I don't guess I'll ever live it down
C
I was sittin' at a red light when these
G
two men came and got me
C
Am
And said that I was speeding
D
through their town
Verse 2
G
C
Well, they said,tomorrow morning
G
you can see the judge then go.
C
They let me call one person
G
on the phone
C
I thought I'd be there overnight
G
so I just called my boss
C
To tell him I'd be off but
D
not for long
Verse 3
G
C
Well, they motioned me inside
G
a cell with seven other guys
C
G
One little barred up window in the rear
C
My cellmates said if they had let
G
me bring some money in
C
D
We ought to send the jailer for some beer
Verse 4
G
C
Well, I had to pay him double 'cause
G
he was the man in charge
And the jailer's job was
C
G
not the best in town
C
G
Later on his wife brought hot bologna,
eggs and gravy
C
D
The first day I was there I turned it down
Verse 5
G
C
Well, next morning they just let us sleep
G
but I was up real early
C
G
Wonderin' when I'd get my release
C
G
Later on we got more hot bologna,
eggs and gravy
C
Am
And by now I wasn't quite
D
so hard to please
Verse 6
G
C
Two days later when I thought that
G
I had been forgotten
C
G
The sheriff came in chewin' on a straw
C
He said, where is the guy who
G
thinks that this is indianapolis?
C
D
I'd like to talk to him about the law.
G
C
Well, I told him who I was and told him
G
I was working steady
C
G
And I really should be gettin' on my way
C
That part about me bein' who I
G
was did not impress him
C
He said, the judge'll be
Am
D
here any day.
Verse 7
G
C
The jailer had a wife and let
G
me tell you she was awful
But she brought that hot
C
G
bologna every day
C
And after seven days she got
G
to lookin' so much better
C
D
I asked her if she'd like to run away
Verse 8
G
C
The next mornin' that old judge
G
took every nickel that I had
And he said, son,
C
G
let this teach you not to race.
C
The jailer's wife was smilin'
G
from the window as I left
C
Am
In thirty minutes I was out
Outro 1
of state
D
G
C
G
C
G
C
G
C
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