Christmas In Jail chords by Chip Taylor

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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And I remember something
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It remembers me too
A cold cell, a man of color
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and thinking of you
And I remember something
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Mister can I please call my boy
Ain't no phone in here,
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keep it down in there, no joy
If I could change just one day,
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one do over again
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It would be the 24th of December, 2001
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And I'd still be talking with friends
I wouldn't drink that last drink
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Then go drive in that truck
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That crashed the police barricade
Where the Joker was playing
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And I got the feel of handcuffs
And he remembers something
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Dinner time has come and gone
Daddy would have been
here by now
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Something's terribly wrong
Poundin' heart, tremblin' fingers
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Teardrops that won't
stop their flow
Daddy, I'm breakin' your door down
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Lord, don't let it be so
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Em 
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If I could change just one day
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One do over again
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It would be the 24th of December, 2001
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And I'd still be talking with friends
Cause I wouldn't drink that last drink
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Then go driving that truck
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That crashed the police barricade
Where the Joker was playing
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I got the feel of  Hancock
Sad eyes in the shadows,
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so many this system has failed.
There ain't nothing lonely
like missing your family,
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Spendin' Christmas in jail
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Dsus4 
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