Holloway Jail chords by The Kinks

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Verse 1
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They took my baby,
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to Holloway jail,
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They took my baby, down Holloway jail,
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She was a lady, when she went in,
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Now she's in jail,
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and it's giving me  hell.

Interlude 1

She

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Verse 2

was succeeding in the city,

She was just beginning to excel,

Then a spiv named Frankie Simes

Led her to a life of crime,

And led her on the downward trail.

Verse 3
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Frankie came home late from work one evening,
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The C.l.D. were hot on his trail,
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Frankie promised everything,
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And then he went and turned her in,
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She went and took the rap for him,
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Now she's impaled in Holloway jail.

Verse 4
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They took my baby,
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down Holloway jail,
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They took my baby,
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to Holloway jail,
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There ain't no pity, there ain't no bail,
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And she assures me that it's living

Interlude 2

hell.

Verse 5
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She was young and ever so pretty,
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Now she looks so old and pale,
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She never sees the day,
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She wastes her life away,
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Sitting in that prison cell.
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Verse 6
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Am 
They took my baby
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to Holloway jail,
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They took my baby,
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E 
A 
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down Holloway jail,
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C 
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D 
She was a  lady when she went in,
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Now she's in jail,
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and it's giving me hell.