Key: D major
Intro 1
D
A
D
Verse 1
stay said a lady old and gray
and I'll soon be on my way
G
A
(Yes warden I'm just here
I tried to raise him right and I
prayed both day and night
I have searched both far and wide
and I feared that he had died
G
Am
A
(Yes warden at last I found
It was just five years today since
my husband passed away
Made a vow to keep his ring his
golden watch and his chain
G
A
(Yes warden the county laid my
D
A
D
husband in the ground)
Verse 2
will pawn you my chain
A
D
I will pawn you my golden diamond ring
I will wash all your clothes I
will scrub all your floors
A
D
If that will get my baby out of jail
G
Am
A
(Yes warden if that will get
Then we heard the warden
say to that lady old and gray
A
D
I will bring your baby boy to your side
Two big iron gates swung wide apart
she held her darlin' to her heart
G
A
(Yes smiling in the arms of
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ChordsD A G Am
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