I’m Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail chords by
Mac Wiseman

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
E E 
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I'm not in your town to stay
Said a lady old and gray
B B 2
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E E 
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To the warden of a penitentiary
I'm not in your town to stay
And I'll soon be on my way
C#m C#m 4
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E E 
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B B 2
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I'm   just here to get
E E 
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my baby out of jail
A A 
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B B 2
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This mornin' I'm just here
E E 
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to get my baby out of jail
I tried to raise my baby right,
I have prayed both day and night
C#m C#m 4
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B B 2
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That  he'd never follow
E E 
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the footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and wide,
I had feared that he had died
B B 2
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E E 
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And at last I find my baby here in jail
A A 
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B B 2
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Yes, Warden, it's so good
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B B 2
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E E 
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to find my baby here in jail
It's just five years today
since my husband passed away
B B 2
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He was found beneath the snow
E E 
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so cold, so white
I made a vow to keep his ring,
his gold watch and his chain
B B 2
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But the county laid my
E E 
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husband in the ground
A A 
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Yes, Lord, and the county
B B 2
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E E 
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laid my baby's papa in the ground
I will pawn you my watch,
I will pawn you my chain
B B 2
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I will pawn you my gold diamond ring
I will wash all your clothes,
I will scrub all your clothes
C#m C#m 4
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B B 2
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E E 
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If    that will get my baby out of jail
A A 
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Yes, warden, you know
B B 2
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E E 
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B B 2
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E E 
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I want my darling baby out of jail
Then I heard the warden say
to this lady old and brave
B B 2
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E E 
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I will bring your baby boy to your side
Two iron gates swung wide apart
she held her darling to her heart
B B 2
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E E 
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She kissed her baby boy and then she died
A A 
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B B 2
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But smiling in the arms of her dear boy,