I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail chords by 
Marty Robbins 
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Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Gm
D
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"I'm not
Verse 1
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in your town to stay,"
Said a lady old and gray
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To the warden of the penitentiary
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"I'm not in your town to stay
and I'll soon be on my way
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I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
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B
Oh warden, I'm just here to get
my baby out of jail"
Verse 2
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"I tried to raise my baby right
I have prayed both day and night
That he wouldn't follow the
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footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and wide
and I feared that he had died
But at last I've found my
baby here in jail
Oh warden,
at last I've found my baby here in jail"
Verse 3
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"It was just five years today
When his daddy passed away
He was found beneath the snow
so cold and white
'Twas then I vowed to take
his ring
and his gold watch and his chain
and the county laid his daddy in
the grave
Yes warden,
the county laid his daddy in the grave"
Verse 4
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"I will pawn you his watch
I will pawn you his chain
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I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
I will wash all your clothes
I will scrub all your floors
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If that will get my baby out of jail
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B
Yes warden, if that will get my baby out of jail"
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Then I heard the warden say
To the lady old and gray:
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"I'll go bring your darlin' baby
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to your side"
2 iron gates swang wide apart
She held her darlin' to her heart
She kissed her baby boy
and then she died
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But smiling, she kissed her baby
boy and then she died
Verse 6
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"I'm not in your town to stay,"
A
Said a lady old and gray
B
E
"I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
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B
Yes warden, I'm just here to get
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D
my baby
E
out of jail"
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB E Gm D A
B
E
Gm
D
A
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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