Key: G major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When I was a rounder,
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I stopped in New Orleans
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I was a great long way from home,
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I didn't know nobody that I seen
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I was walking along the street one day,
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I didn't mean no harm
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The police looked and seen me,
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and they began to make them alarm
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Ain't it hard, ain't it hard,
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just looking through the bars
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The police looked and seen me,
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and they began to make them alarm
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They seen I was a stranger,
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they soon got on my trail
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Soon they had me surrounded,
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and carried me to the city jail
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Ain't it hard, ain't it hard,
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just looking through the bars
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Soon they had me surrounded,
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and carried me to the city jail
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When I got in jail
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I didn't know what to do,
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there was no one
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I knew I could care my troubles to
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Now ain't it hard, ain't it hard,
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just looking through the bars
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There was no one I knew,
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I could care my troubles
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to
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By and by
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I wrote my dear old mother
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It made her lonesome and blue
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Son, you need not worry
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Mother's comin' after you
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Now ain't it grand, ain't it grand
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I don't see how she can stand
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She said, son, you need not worry,
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your mother's coming after you.
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She said, son, you need not worry,
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your mother's coming after you.
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She said, son, you need not worry,
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your mother's coming after you.
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Your mother's coming after you.
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