Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
B
E
Verse 1
Said a lady old and gray
B
E
To the warden of a penitentiary
I'm not in your town to stay
And I'll soon be on my way
C#m
E
B
I'm just here to get
A
B
This mornin' I'm just here
I tried to raise my baby right,
I have prayed both day and night
C#m
B
That he'd never follow
I have searched both far and wide,
I had feared that he had died
B
E
And at last I find my baby here in jail
A
B
Yes, Warden, it's so good
E
B
E
to find my baby here in jail
It's just five years today
since my husband passed away
I made a vow to keep his ring,
his gold watch and his chain
B
E
laid my baby's papa in the ground
I will pawn you my watch,
I will pawn you my chain
B
E
I will pawn you my gold diamond ring
I will wash all your clothes,
I will scrub all your clothes
C#m
B
E
If that will get my baby out of jail
B
E
B
E
I want my darling baby out of jail
Then I heard the warden say
to this lady old and brave
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E
I will bring your baby boy to your side
Two iron gates swung wide apart
she held her darling to her heart
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E
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
A
B
But smiling in the arms of her dear boy,
Outro 1
there she died
E
B
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B C#m A
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