I'm Just Here to Get My Baby out of Jail chords by Porter Wagoner

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Verse 1
C 
F 
G 
 (C major)  (F major) (Yes warden) I'm just  (G major) here
C 
to get my baby out of jail  (C major) 
I'm not in your town to stay
said a lady old and gray
G 
C 
To the warden  (G major) of the penitentiary  (C major) 
I'm not in your town to stay and
I'll soon be on my way
G 
I'm just  (G major) here to get my baby out
of jail
C 
F 
 (C major)  (F major) 

Verse 2
G 
(Yes warden) I'm just  (G major) here
C 
to get my baby out of jail  (C major) 
I tried to raise baby right and I
prayed both day and night
G 
That he wouldn't  (G major) follow the
C 
footsteps of his  (C major) dad
And I've searched both far and wide
and I'd feared that he had died
G 
But at  (G major) fast I found my baby here
in jail
C 
F 
 (C major)  (F major) 

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Verse 3
G 
(Yes warden) you know  (G major) 
C 
I want my baby out of  (C major) jail
I will pawn you my watch and
I'll pawn you my chain
G 
C 
I will pawn  (G major) you my golden wedding band  (C major) 
I will wash all your clothes and
I'll scrub all your floors
G 
If  (G major) that will get my baby out
of jail
C 
F 
 (C major)  (F major) 

Verse 4
G 
(Yes warden) you know  (G major) I want
C 
my baby out of jail  (C major) 
Then I heard the warden say to
Am 
G 
the lady so  (A minor) old and gray  (G major) 
Bb 
I'll bring your  (B flat major) darlin'
C 
boy  (C major) to your side
Then two big iron gates swung wide
apart she held her darling to her heart
G 
C 
 (G major) In the arms of her boy boy she died  (C major) 
F 
G 
(A s (F major) miling) in the  (G major) arms of
C 
her dear boy there she  (C major) died