City Jail [Live] chords by Johnny Cash

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Verse 1
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City jail city jail like an old scared dog
I tuck my tail
Bow my head and not a careless
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word is said
Gotta sleep on the floor once
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Verse 2
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Well I was hangin' round
the bus station
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Mindin' my own business
like I always do
When I saw this waitress
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in this bus station cafe
And I thought I check out
the action like I always do
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I'd give her the bad eye and made a
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few choices personal comments
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About what I thought mine and her
possibilities could be for a team
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When she called the badge on me
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The badge grabbed me by
the arm and he said
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What are you doin' hangin'
around here for
And I said for whatever's goin' around

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Interlude 1

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Verse 3
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He said no what I mean is
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what are you doin'
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Sayin' things like that to that lady
And I said what's that lady's doin'
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with purple hair
Well the badge said you're smart alec
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an d I said no I ain't I'm just hungry
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And he said you're actin'
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like a smart alec
And I said no that's how I
act when I get hungry
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Verse 4
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Well he put me outside in a dark corner
And before you could say hypocrite
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he hit me on the head
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And I said oh don't hit
me on the head
I can't protect myself
with the handcuffs on
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Please don't hit me on the head then he hit me again
he hit me again he hit me again
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And I said oh oh oh oh oh please don't
stand on my feet when you hit me
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I break my ankles when I fall

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Verse 6
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Well about that time they threw
me in the wagon
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And that waitress walked
out with a sailor
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I said hey you not you I'm talkin'
to the purple people eater
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Yes you lady quote you're the
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cause of it all unquote
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Then she said to that sailor said get me away
from that horrible man Harry