I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail chords by Carlo Ditta

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I'm not in your town to stay,
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said the lady old and gray
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I'm just here to  get my baby out of jail
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I  tried to raise my baby right
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Lord knows I prayed both day and night
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But he wouldn't follow
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in the footsteps of his dad
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It's been five long years today
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Since his daddy passed away
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He was found beneath the snow
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So cold and white
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I  vow to keep this diamond ring
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His gold watch and  his chain
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As the county laid his body down to rest
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I will pawn you his watch
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I will pawn you his chain
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I will, I will pawn
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you his diamond ring
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I  will wash all your clothes
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I will scrub all your flaws
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But at last, I found my baby in a jail
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Then I heard the warden say
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To the lady, golden grain
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I'll go bring your darling
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baby to your side
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Two lightheads swung wide apart
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She held the baby to the heart
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Then she kissed the baby boy
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And then she died
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Oh, what's smiling, she kissed her baby boy,
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and she died
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I'm not in your town to stay,
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said the lady, cold and gray
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I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
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Out of jail
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It's been five long years today
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Since his daddy passed away
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Passed away
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He was found beneath the clothes
of gold and white
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Gold and white
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We have searched both for him, why,
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even thought that he has died
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But at last, we found my baby