Key: D major
Verse 1
D
A
G
(Yes warden) I'm just
A
D
here to get my baby out of jail
I'm not in your town to stay
said a lady old and gray
A
D
To the warden of the penitentiary
I'm not in your town to stay and
I'll soon be on my way
G
Verse 2
D
G
A
(Yes warden) I'm just here to
I tried to raise baby right and I
prayed both day and night
the footsteps of his dad
and I'd feared that he had died
Verse 3
A
Em
A
D
my baby out of jail
I will pawn you my watch and
I'll pawn you my chain
A
D
I will pawn you my golden wedding band
I will wash all your clothes and
I'll scrub all your floors
A
D
If that will get my baby out of
jail
G
Verse 4
Then I heard the warden say to
the lady so old and gray
she held her darling to her heart
A
D
In the arms of her boy boy
A
G
she died
Em
A
D
her dear boy there she died
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ChordsD A G Em
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