Cincinnati Jail chords by Bobby Bare

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Intro 1

It's cold as a

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well in Cincinnati jail
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I  ain't got nobody I  ain't
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got nobody
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Shouldn't have drunk that wine
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It messed up my country mind
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But I  didn't know that
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pretty gal wasn't free
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Not free
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And someone called the law
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And I  had a southern drawl
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The first one they locked up
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You're right was me
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Now it's cold as a well in Cincinnati jail
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I  ain't got nobody I
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ain't got nobody
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I heard a lot about that
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great mid western town
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So I thought I'd better go and look
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around look around
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Couldn't find me no job
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And my kind just don't rob
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But they don't want no
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southern bums around
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And it's cold as well in Cincinnati jail
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I  ain't got nobody I
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ain't got nobody
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Lord an Appalachian boy
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ain't never known much joy
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But I was better off in my Blueridge
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Mountain home sweet home
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I could see the light of day
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I could while the time away
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On the mornin' the government
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gave me to live on
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Oh it's cold as well in Cincinnati jail
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I  ain't got nobody
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I  ain't got nobody