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City Jail [Live] chords by 
Johnny Cash 
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Key: A major•BPM: 109
Verse 1
D
G
City jail city jail like an old scared dog
I tuck my tail
Bow my head and not a careless
D
G
word is said
Gotta sleep on the floor once
more at city jail
Verse 2
C
Well I was hangin' round
the bus station
D
Mindin' my own business
like I always do
When I saw this waitress
G
in this bus station cafe
And I thought I check out
the action like I always do
C
I'd give her the bad eye and made a
D
few choices personal comments
G
About what I thought mine and her
possibilities could be for a team
C
When she called the badge on me
D
The badge grabbed me by
the arm and he said
G
What are you doin' hangin'
around here for
And I said for whatever's goin' around
Interlude 1
City jail city jail...
G
D
G
C
G
D
G
Verse 3
G
He said no what I mean is
C
what are you doin'
D
Sayin' things like that to that lady
And I said what's that lady's doin'
G
with purple hair
Well the badge said you're smart alec
C
an d I said no I ain't I'm just hungry
D
And he said you're actin'
G
like a smart alec
And I said no that's how I
act when I get hungry
D
G
C
G
D
G
City jail city jail...
Verse 4
G
C
Well he put me outside in a dark corner
And before you could say hypocrite
D
he hit me on the head
G
And I said oh don't hit
me on the head
I can't protect myself
with the handcuffs on
C
Please don't hit me on the head then he hit me again
he hit me again he hit me again
D
And I said oh oh oh oh oh please don't
stand on my feet when you hit me
G
I break my ankles when I fall
Verse 5
G
City jail city jail...
Interlude 2
G
D
G
C
G
D
G
Verse 6
G
Well about that time they threw
me in the wagon
C
And that waitress walked
out with a sailor
D
G
I said hey you not you I'm talkin'
to the purple people eater
C
Yes you lady quote you're the
D
cause of it all unquote
G
Then she said to that sailor said get me away
from that horrible man Harry
Verse 7
G
City jail city jail...
Well as they hauled me away I said everybody
Outro 1
have a nice evening
G
D
G
C
G
D
G
D
G
C
G
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